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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2014, 7:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2014, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 15 Nw Ingram, TX | |
| Apr 3, 7:48 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Mountain Home, TX | PEA TO HALF INCH SIZE HAIL |
| Apr 3, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 7 Sw Harper, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
214
WUUS54 KEWX 040012
SVREWX
TXC137-171-265-385-040100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0012.140404T0012Z-140404T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
712 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY...
WESTERN KERR COUNTY...
NORTHERN REAL COUNTY...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 702 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF
BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF KERR WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 17 MILES EAST OF ROCKSPRINGS...AND MOVING
EAST ABOUT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOUNTAIN HOME...WALTONIA AND
HUNT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3039 9929 2992 9923 2990 10000 3027 10000
3030 9981 3029 9931 3038 9931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 268DEG 31KT 3007 9984
$$1 follow-up statement
340
WWUS54 KEWX 040047
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
747 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
TXC137-171-265-385-040100-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140404T0100Z/
EDWARDS TX-GILLESPIE TX-KERR TX-REAL TX-
747 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN REAL...WESTERN KERR...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GILLESPIE
AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES...
AT 739 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR
24 MILES WEST OF KERRVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. MOUNTAIN HOME
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STROM WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES OR SO
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3039 9929 2992 9923 2992 9967 3022 9980
3030 9965 3029 9931 3038 9931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 255DEG 32KT 3016 9945
$$
OBWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 3, 6:14 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:14 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 614 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 .AVIATION... CURRENT VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TAF SITES MAY BE LOWERED TO MVFR BY CLOUDS AND WIDELY SCATTERD SHRA AND TSRA ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDRY PUSHING SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. KAUS MAY BE THE MOST AFFECTED BY STORMS IN THE 02Z-05Z TIME FRAME. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TAF FORECAST PERIOD. CURRENT S TO SE WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO NW TO N AFTER FROPA BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 323 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... DRY LINE MUCH DELAYED IN ITS EASTWARD PROGRESS THIS AFTERNOON... THEREFORE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL BE FURTHER WEST AND LINGER LONGER INTO THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS THAN PREVIOUS THINKING. HAVE ALREADY UPDATED FORECAST TO INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR ISOLATED STORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA WITH THE DRY LINE. SPC IS MONITORING TRENDS FOR POSSIBLE WATCH IF DEVELOPING CONVECTION NEAR OZONA BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED. WILL TAPER POPS OFF FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING WITH MORE ORGANIZED LINE OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE BACKBUILDING INTO THE NRN AND EASTERN COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE I35 CORRIDOR...WITH THE MENTION OF POSSIBLY SEVERE EAST OF I35. MODELS HAVE TRENDED TOWARD MORE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND HAVE THEREFORE ADDED POPS THERE AS WELL. OTHERWISE CLEARING THE WEST AND MUCH COOLER TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BEHIND THE DRY LINE THIS EVENING. NOT AS WARM AND DRIER FRIDAY WITH THE DRY SURFACE RIDGE OVER SOUTH TEXAS. RETURN FLOW QUICKLY RESUMES FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE SURFACE RIDGE SLIDES EAST...BUT REMAINING COOL AND DRY. LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... RAIN CHANCES QUICKLY RETURN SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY INTERACTS WITH A RETURNING WARM FRONT AND DEEPENING MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION. HAVE INCLUDED CHANCE TO GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS ACROSS THE CWA FOR THE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...WITH BEST CHANCES PEAKING SATURDAY NIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS PUSHES EASTWARD ACROSS TX. SOME RESIDUAL SHORT WAVE ENERGY IN THE NWLY FLOW COULD GENERATE A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE NERN COUNTIES SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY AND HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. MUCH DRIER-COOLER NWLY FLOW DOMINATES MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...WITH A WARMING TREND WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...BUT CONTINUED DRY. FIRE WEATHER... ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WEST OF HIGHWAY 281 THIS EVENING AS THE DRYLINE MIXES EAST WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF I-35. HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL BE LOWER IN THE WEST WITH HUMIDITIES AND WINDS HIGHER IN THE EAST. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO WESTERN AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOONS ACROSS THE WESTERN AREAS DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 55 74 52 67 54 / 30 - - 40 40 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 55 75 49 68 53 / 30 - - 40 40 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 57 76 50 67 52 / 30 - - 30 40 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 51 73 47 67 52 / 20 0 - 30 40 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 56 81 56 74 57 / 10 - 10 20 30 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 52 72 48 66 52 / 30 - - 30 40 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 57 80 53 71 56 / 20 - - 20 40 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 56 75 50 67 52 / 30 - - 40 40 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 58 74 51 67 55 / 40 - 10 50 50 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 58 77 54 69 56 / 30 - - 30 40 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 60 78 53 69 57 / 30 - - 30 40 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...99 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...05 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...30
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 416 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-042130- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 416 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THERE IS CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF A FEW OF THESE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE WITH HAIL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AND WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 55 MPH. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS AS THE DRY LINE SLOWLY MOVES EAST AND LOWERS HUMIDITY VALUES. WINDS WILL BE BREEZY BEHIND THE DRY LINE WHICH MAY REACH CRITICAL LEVELS FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF I-35. HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL BE LOWER IN THE WEST...WITH HUMIDITIES AND WINDS HIGHER IN THE EAST. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO WESTERN AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS ACROSS THE WESTERN AREAS DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 4:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
410 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
TXZ183-032200-
VAL VERDE-
410 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM
CDT...
AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF PANDALE...OR 19 MILES WEST OF
JUNO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THIS AREA AS A DRY-LINE PUSHES TO THE EAST FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THIS AFTERNOON.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
JUNO...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3030 10141 3030 10075 3015 10073 3007 10152
3024 10157
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 256DEG 16KT 3018 10139Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
542 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
TXZ183-184-032315-
EDWARDS-VAL VERDE-
542 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VAL VERDE AND NORTHWESTERN
EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNO...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...
ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
LOMA ALTA...
FLOUR MILLS...
VINEGARONE...
LAT...LON 3030 10083 3029 10043 2990 10041 2989 10106
3014 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 259DEG 24KT 3010 10094Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
548 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM HAIL 4 S JUNO 30.09N 101.12W
04/03/2014 E0.25 INCH VAL VERDE TX PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1400230
SBSSpecial weather statement, Apr 3, 6:16 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
616 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
TXZ184-185-032345-
EDWARDS-REAL-
616 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN REAL AND NORTHERN
EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLOUR MILLS...OR 17 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LOMA ALTA...MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...
ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ROCKSPRINGS...
DEVILS SINKHOLE STATE NATURAL AREA...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3002 9986 2993 10066 3019 10070 3030 10035
3030 9997
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 257DEG 31KT 3012 10053Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:52 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
652 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0648 PM HAIL 11 ENE ROCKSPRINGS 30.08N 100.05W
04/03/2014 E0.25 INCH EDWARDS TX COCORAHS
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1400231
SBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio, Medina | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 2:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 45 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.