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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 28, 2016Medina County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2016, 5:57 PM CDT for Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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: May 28, 2016, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Medina County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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
May 28, 6:12 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	5 Sse Hondo, TX
May 28, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 2	2 S Hondo, TX	NEAR HIGHWAY 173 SOUTH OF HONDO

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
May 28, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -283 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

629 
WUUS54 KEWX 282257
SVREWX
TXC325-282345-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0166.160528T2257Z-160528T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
557 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 557 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HONDO...MOVING
  NORTH AT 15 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...
  HONDO...NEW FOUNTAIN...DUNLAY...BADER...BIRY...QUIHI AND RIO MEDINA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO.

&&

LAT...LON 2919 9897 2922 9925 2950 9930 2946 9886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 183DEG 13KT 2927 9912 

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

TB3

2 follow-up statements

736 
WWUS54 KEWX 282317
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
617 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

TXC325-282345-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-160528T2345Z/
MEDINA TX-
617 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY...

AT 617 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HONDO...MOVING
NORTH AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG 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...
HONDO...NEW FOUNTAIN...DUNLAY...BADER...BIRY...QUIHI AND RIO MEDINA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO.

&&

LAT...LON 2919 9897 2922 9925 2950 9930 2946 9886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 191DEG 6KT 2931 9912 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TB3

057 
WWUS54 KEWX 282334
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
634 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

TXC325-282345-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-160528T2345Z/
MEDINA TX-
634 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY...

AT 633 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
HONDO...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. A REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE
PUBLIC OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL BETWEEN HONDO AND YANCEY.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

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...
HONDO...NEW FOUNTAIN...DUNLAY...BADER...BIRY...QUIHI AND RIO MEDINA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO.

&&

LAT...LON 2919 9897 2922 9925 2950 9930 2946 9886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 183DEG 13KT 2937 9912 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TB3

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 2:22 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	EWX	Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Hays, Lee and 3 more	6 hr
May 28, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera, Kerr	49 min
May 28, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Medina	47 min
May 28, 6:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Medina	3 hr

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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.