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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 2, 2016Bastrop County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2016, 2:43 AM CDT for Bastrop County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
May 2, 2016, 2:43 AM CDT (07:43 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2016, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Bastrop County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 2:57 AM CDTHAIL 12 Ssw Smithville, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 252 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1865 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1865 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.4
Supercell composite
-2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

317 
WUUS54 KEWX 020743
SVREWX
TXC021-020830-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0113.160502T0743Z-160502T0830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
243 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BASTROP COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 243 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  SMITHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SMITHVILLE...KOVAR...TOGO AND ALUM CREEK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 2991 9718 2987 9724 3007 9727 3016 9706
      3003 9705
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 258DEG 8KT 3000 9718 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MSL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXHays52 min
May 2, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee31 min
May 2, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop51 min
May 2, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee43 min
May 2, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee42 min
May 2, 1:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop63 min
May 2, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop49 min
May 2, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop48 min
May 2, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis40 min
May 2, 2:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson48 min
May 2, 2:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop41 min
May 2, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette49 min
May 2, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee45 min
May 2, 11:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLlano51 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.