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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

February 22, 20164 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2016, 10:58 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 4 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: Feb 22, 2016, 10:58 PM CST (04:58 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 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
Feb 22, 11:03 PM CST	HAIL 1.5	Brackettville, TX	PICTURES OF QUARTER TO PING PONG SIZE HAIL AND CAR WIND SHIELDS DAMAGED IN BRACKETVILLE.
Feb 22, 11:05 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Brackettville, TX	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL CAUSED DAMAGE TO HOUSE AND CAR WINDOWS AND ROOF SHINGLES ACROSS TOWN.
Feb 22, 11:10 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Spofford, TX	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN SPOFFORD.
Feb 22, 11:56 PM CST	HAIL 1	La Pryor, TX	AT LEAST QUARTER SIZE HAIL OBSERVED IN LA PRYOR.

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
Feb 22, 10:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

053 
WUUS54 KEWX 230458
SVREWX
TXC271-323-463-507-230600-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0003.160223T0458Z-160223T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1058 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MAVERICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN ZAVALA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST

* AT 1057 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  BRACKETTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  UVALDE...BRACKETTVILLE...SPOFFORD...LA PRYOR...BATESVILLE...LAGUNA...
  GARNER STATE PARK...DARLING...WASHER...MONTELL...UVALDE ESTATES...
  BLEWETT...ALAMO VILLAGE...CONCAN...STANDART...KNIPPA...UTOPIA...DABNEY...
  ANACACHO AND REAGAN WELLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2922 10070 2960 10056 2963 9950 2900 9960
      2866 10011
TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 290DEG 41KT 2930 10043 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CP

1 follow-up statement

524 
WWUS54 KEWX 230529
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1129 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016

TXC271-323-463-507-230600-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160223T0600Z/
UVALDE TX-KINNEY TX-MAVERICK TX-ZAVALA TX-
1129 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
FOR UVALDE...EASTERN KINNEY...NORTHEASTERN MAVERICK AND NORTHWESTERN
ZAVALA COUNTIES...

AT 1129 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAGUNA TO DABNEY TO 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ANACACHO TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARLING...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UVALDE...SPOFFORD...LA PRYOR...BATESVILLE...LAGUNA...GARNER STATE PARK...
DARLING...WASHER...MONTELL...UVALDE ESTATES...BLEWETT...CONCAN...KNIPPA...
UTOPIA...DABNEY...ANACACHO...REAGAN WELLS...CLINE AND TURKEY MOUNTAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 2907 10048 2957 10028 2963 9950 2900 9960
      2866 10011
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 305DEG 44KT 2946 10010 2916 10008 2901 10019
2907 10032

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 22, 8:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	56 min
Feb 22, 9:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	53 min
Feb 22, 9:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	61 min
Feb 22, 10:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde	67 min
Feb 22, 10:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kerr	51 min
Feb 22, 10:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Real	55 min
Feb 22, 11:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	59 min
Feb 22, 11:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala	66 min
Feb 23, 12:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	42 min
Feb 23, 12:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar, Medina	63 min
Feb 23, 12:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Frio	64 min
Feb 23, 12:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays	54 min
Feb 23, 12:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Frio, Zavala	64 min
Feb 23, 1:42 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson	63 min
Feb 23, 1:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Zavala	57 min
Feb 23, 2:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	60 min
Feb 23, 2:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet, Williamson	64 min
Feb 23, 2:21 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar	3 hr
Feb 23, 2:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca	59 min
Feb 23, 2:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Frio	53 min
Feb 23, 2:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, Frio	65 min
Feb 23, 3:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Karnes	57 min
Feb 23, 3:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	23 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.