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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 2, 20164 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2016, 7:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 2, 2016, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Frio County, TX, Medina County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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
Jun 2, 7:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nnw Big Foot, TXA FEEDLOT SOUTH OF DEVINE REPORTS MINOR ROOF DAMAGE ON THE PROPERTY.
Jun 2, 7:42 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 Sw Von Ormy, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2016-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 607 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 2016-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
607 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted.

344 
WUUS54 KEWX 030027
SVREWX
TXC013-029-163-325-030130-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0201.160603T0027Z-160603T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
727 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BEXAR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN FRIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN ATASCOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 726 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOMERSET TO NEAR DEVINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DEVINE...POTEET...MOORE...LYTLE...SOMERSET...NATALIA...BIG FOOT...
  SCHATTEL...BIGFOOT...VON ORMY...ROSSVILLE...MANGUS CORNER...KYOTE...IUKA...
  ESPEY...AMPHION...MITCHELL LAKE...BUENA VISTA...MACDONA AND BRAUNIG
  LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE OCCURRING
WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF
NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2923 9833 2902 9854 2889 9885 2912 9913
      2936 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 292DEG 12KT 2929 9868 2913 9899 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

AAT
2 follow-up statements
989 
WWUS54 KEWX 030056
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
756 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

TXC013-029-163-325-030130-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-160603T0130Z/
BEXAR TX-FRIO TX-ATASCOSA TX-MEDINA TX-
756 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BEXAR...NORTHEASTERN FRIO...NORTHWESTERN ATASCOSA
AND SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTIES...

AT 755 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOMERSET TO NEAR BIG FOOT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAN ANTONIO...DEVINE...POTEET...MOORE...SOMERSET...BIG FOOT...SCHATTEL...
BIGFOOT...VON ORMY...ROSSVILLE...KYOTE...IUKA...ESPEY...AMPHION...MITCHELL
LAKE...BUENA VISTA...BRAUNIG LAKE...THELMA AND LOSOYA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2923 9833 2902 9854 2889 9885 2906 9904
      2920 9875 2934 9861
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 292DEG 12KT 2926 9858 2910 9889 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

AAT
821 
WWUS54 KEWX 030112
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
812 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

TXC325-030122-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-160603T0130Z/
MEDINA TX-
812 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 2901 9899 2918 9862 2931 9853 2923 9833
      2902 9854 2889 9885
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 292DEG 12KT 2924 9852 2908 9883 

$$

TXC013-029-163-030130-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-160603T0130Z/
BEXAR TX-FRIO TX-ATASCOSA TX-
812 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEXAR...NORTHEASTERN FRIO AND NORTHWESTERN ATASCOSA
COUNTIES...

AT 812 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF SOMERSET TO NEAR BIGFOOT...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POTEET...BIG FOOT...SCHATTEL...BIGFOOT...ROSSVILLE...KYOTE...IUKA...ESPEY...
AMPHION...MITCHELL LAKE...BUENA VISTA...BRAUNIG LAKE...THELMA AND LOSOYA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2901 9899 2918 9862 2931 9853 2923 9833
      2902 9854 2889 9885
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 292DEG 12KT 2924 9852 2908 9883 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

AAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde41 min
Jun 2, 7:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar, Medina3 hr
Jun 2, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar46 min
Jun 2, 8:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilson41 min
Jun 2, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa47 min
Jun 2, 8:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Wilson2 hr
Jun 2, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson48 min
Jun 2, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson40 min
Jun 2, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt51 min
Jun 2, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca52 min
Jun 2, 10:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt117 min
Jun 2, 10:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca52 min
Jun 3, 8:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXFayette3 days
Jun 3, 11:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXKarnes56 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.