Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2014, 4:02 PM CDT for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 10 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
- Mar 28, 2014, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 4:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Se Cedar Park, TX | |
| Mar 28, 4:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Cedar Park, TX | |
| Mar 28, 4:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 3 Nw Round Rock, TX | |
| Mar 28, 4:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Nnw Windemere, TX | |
| Mar 28, 4:16 PM CDT | HAIL 0.7 | Jonestown, TX | |
| Mar 28, 4:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Ne Cedar Park, TX | |
| Mar 28, 4:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Cedar Park, TX | |
| Mar 28, 4:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 3 S Wells Branch, TX | |
| Mar 28, 4:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Jollyville, TX | |
| Mar 28, 4:41 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 3 S Wells Branch, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
213 WUUS54 KEWX 282102 SVREWX TXC453-491-282145- /O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0002.140328T2102Z-140328T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 402 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY... SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT. * AT 353 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF LEANDER...OR 10 MILES WEST OF CEDAR PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ANDERSON MILL...ROUND ROCK... WINDEMERE...PFLUGERVILLE...TAYLOR AND HUTTO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3061 9738 3036 9742 3048 9805 3065 9802 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 278DEG 25KT 3055 9791 $$
1 follow-up statement
785 WWUS54 KEWX 282125 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 425 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 TXC453-491-282145- /O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140328T2145Z/ TRAVIS TX-WILLIAMSON TX- 425 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON AND NORTHEASTERN TRAVIS COUNTIES... AT 417 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR PARK... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROUND ROCK...WELLS BRANCH...WINDEMERE...PFLUGERVILLE...RICES CROSSING... TAYLOR AND HUTTO PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FROM QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3047 9796 3064 9791 3061 9738 3036 9742 TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 278DEG 25KT 3053 9774 $$ OB/AT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:25 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Milam | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca, Lee | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.