Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2016, 11:54 PM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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, 11:54 PM CST (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2016, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Dimmit County, TX, Frio County, TX, Medina County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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, 11:56 PM CST | HAIL 1 | La Pryor, TX | AT LEAST QUARTER SIZE HAIL OBSERVED IN LA PRYOR. |
| Feb 23, 12:36 AM CST | HAIL 1 | 2 Wnw Pearsall, TX | AT LEAST QUARTER SIZE HAIL OBSERVED AT GAS STATION ALONG I-35 |
| Feb 23, 12:58 AM CST | HAIL 1 | La Pryor, TX | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN THE CITY OF LA PRYOR ON MEDIA FACEBOOK PAGE. |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
376
WUUS54 KEWX 230554
SVREWX
TXC127-163-325-463-507-230700-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0004.160223T0554Z-160223T0700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1154 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DIMMIT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
FRIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
ZAVALA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 100 AM CST
* AT 1153 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR UVALDE ESTATES TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHER
TO NEAR LA PRYOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...PEARSALL...HONDO...CRYSTAL CITY...DILLEY...BIG WELLS...LA PRYOR...
BATESVILLE...MOORE...SABINAL...FRIO TOWN...D'HANIS...NORTH PEARSALL...
LOMA VISTA...WEST PEARSALL...KNIPPA...LAS VEGAS...DIVOT...YANCEY AND
WASHER.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 2864 9987 2890 10008 2923 9990 2947 9904
2865 9903 2864 9939 2852 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 292DEG 41KT 2917 9980 2897 9979 2891 9985 2894
9996
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
CP1 follow-up statement
937
WWUS54 KEWX 230636
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1236 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
TXC127-163-325-463-507-230700-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160223T0700Z/
DIMMIT TX-FRIO TX-UVALDE TX-ZAVALA TX-MEDINA TX-
1236 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN DIMMIT...FRIO...SOUTHEASTERN UVALDE...ZAVALA AND
SOUTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTIES...
AT 1234 AM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR YANCEY TO NEAR WEST PEARSALL TO NEAR DIVOT TO 9
MILES WEST OF DILLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA PRYOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UVALDE...PEARSALL...HONDO...CRYSTAL CITY...DILLEY...BIG WELLS...LA PRYOR...
BATESVILLE...MOORE...SABINAL...FRIO TOWN...D'HANIS...NORTH PEARSALL...LOMA
VISTA...WEST PEARSALL...KNIPPA...LAS VEGAS...DIVOT...YANCEY AND WASHER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 2864 9987 2890 10008 2923 9990 2947 9904
2865 9903 2864 9939 2852 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0634Z 293DEG 49KT 2911 9918 2887 9918 2869 9925 2871
9932
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
CPThe 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, 10:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 62 min |
| Feb 22, 11:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 59 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.