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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 8, 2016Edwards County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2016, 7:16 PM CST for Edwards County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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 8, 2016, 7:16 PM CST (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2016, 8:15 PM CST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 8, 8:10 PM CST	HAIL 1	Leakey, TX
Mar 8, 8:20 PM CST	HAIL 1	Leakey, 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 8, 7:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

809 
WUUS54 KEWX 090116
SVREWX
TXC137-265-385-090215-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0013.160309T0116Z-160309T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
716 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 715 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF TUFF...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKEY...MOVING NORTH AT 40 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...
  LEAKEY...RIO FRIO...TUFF...PRADE RANCH AND US-377 NEAR THE KIMBLE-
  EDWARDS COUNTY LINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3028 9950 2991 9959 2990 9960 2986 9960
      2963 9966 2963 9996 3029 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 189DEG 35KT 2985 9984 

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

MO

1 follow-up statement

097 
WWUS54 KEWX 090205
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
805 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXC137-265-385-090215-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160309T0215Z/
KERR TX-EDWARDS TX-REAL TX-
805 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN KERR...NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS AND REAL COUNTIES...

AT 805 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF
KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 23 MILES NORTH OF LEAKEY...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEAKEY...RIO FRIO...TUFF...PRADE RANCH AND US-377 NEAR THE KIMBLE-
EDWARDS COUNTY LINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3028 9950 2991 9959 2990 9960 2986 9960
      2963 9966 2963 9996 3029 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 202DEG 32KT 3006 9973 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ALLEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 6:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit	54 min
Mar 8, 6:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Zavala	59 min
Mar 8, 6:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Zavala	46 min
Mar 8, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Uvalde	50 min
Mar 8, 7:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Frio, Zavala	64 min
Mar 8, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Uvalde	79 min
Mar 8, 8:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	44 min
Mar 8, 8:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	56 min
Mar 8, 8:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real	48 min
Mar 8, 8:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gillespie	58 min
Mar 8, 8:33 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Uvalde	3 hr
Mar 8, 8:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Zavala	60 min
Mar 8, 8:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Gillespie	72 min
Mar 8, 8:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Medina, Uvalde	70 min
Mar 8, 9:04 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Dimmit, Zavala	3 hr
Mar 8, 9:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Frio	53 min
Mar 8, 9:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Zavala	56 min
Mar 8, 9:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Dimmit	17 min
Mar 8, 9:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet, Llano	32 min
Mar 8, 10:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Frio	60 min
Mar 8, 10:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Frio, Medina	33 min
Mar 8, 10:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Frio	65 min
Mar 8, 10:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera	59 min
Mar 8, 10:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Medina	27 min
Mar 8, 11:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	61 min
Mar 8, 11:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kendall	39 min
Mar 8, 11:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	51 min
Mar 8, 11:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Medina	54 min
Mar 8, 11:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kendall	41 min
Mar 9, 12:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Blanco, Gillespie	28 min
Mar 9, 12:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal, Guadalupe	46 min
Mar 9, 12:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	42 min
Mar 9, 12:36 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 9 more	7 hr
Mar 9, 12:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar	39 min
Mar 9, 1:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal, Hays	43 min
Mar 9, 1:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar	46 min
Mar 9, 1:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	51 min
Mar 9, 1:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales	60 min
Mar 9, 1:43 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Hays, Travis, Williamson	4 hr
Mar 9, 1:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bastrop	38 min
Mar 9, 1:53 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal	37 min
Mar 9, 3:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lavaca	36 min
Mar 9, 4:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Frio	30 min
Mar 9, 9:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	DeWitt, Lavaca	115 min
Mar 9, 9:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lavaca	51 min
Mar 9, 9:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Karnes	26 min
Mar 9, 1:49 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	DeWitt, Lavaca	116 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.