Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2016, 5:17 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 5 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 18, 2016, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Llano County, TX, Travis County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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 18, 5:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Nw Marble Falls, TX | HAD DIME SIZE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS |
| Mar 18, 5:37 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nw Marble Falls, TX | |
| Mar 18, 5:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Granite Shoals, TX | |
| Mar 18, 6:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 Sse Round Mountain, TX | PING PONG SIZED HAIL MIXED WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PEA TO NICKEL. |
| Mar 18, 6:12 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Round Mountain, 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 18, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 232 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KEWX 182217
SVREWX
TXC031-053-299-453-182315-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0029.160318T2217Z-160318T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
517 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN BLANCO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LLANO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 516 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURNET...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...
AUSTIN...CEDAR PARK...KINGSLAND...MARBLE FALLS...BURNET...ROUND
MOUNTAIN...BUCHANAN DAM...LAKEWAY...LAGO VISTA...GRANITE SHOALS...
HORSESHOE BAY...THE HILLS...MEADOWLAKES...JOHNSON CITY...HIGHLAND
HAVEN...SPICEWOOD...PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK...OATMEAL...CYPRESS
MILL AND INKS LAKE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3067 9802 3062 9805 3061 9803 3063 9801
3061 9799 3062 9798 3042 9780 3031 9810
3036 9817 3027 9821 3017 9847 3078 9844
3088 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 335DEG 22KT 3068 9826
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LJH1 follow-up statement
187
WWUS54 KEWX 182300
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
600 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
TXC031-053-299-453-182315-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160318T2315Z/
BURNET TX-TRAVIS TX-BLANCO TX-LLANO TX-
600 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BURNET...NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS...NORTHEASTERN BLANCO
AND SOUTHEASTERN LLANO COUNTIES...
AT 559 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CYPRESS
MILL... OR NEAR ROUND MOUNTAIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...CEDAR PARK...MARBLE FALLS...ROUND MOUNTAIN...LAKEWAY...LAGO
VISTA...GRANITE SHOALS...HORSESHOE BAY...THE HILLS...MEADOWLAKES...JOHNSON
CITY...SPICEWOOD...HUDSON BEND...SMITHWICK...PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK...
CYPRESS MILL...MANSFIELD DAM...JONESTOWN...BRIARCLIFF AND COTTONWOOD
SHORES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3067 9802 3062 9805 3061 9803 3063 9801
3061 9799 3062 9798 3042 9780 3031 9810
3036 9817 3027 9821 3017 9847 3059 9844
3061 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 344DEG 26KT 3041 9830
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LJHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 4:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr, Real | 2 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 85 min |
| Mar 18, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall | 66 min |
| Mar 18, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real | 62 min |
| Mar 18, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 56 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.