Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2016, 9:17 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 58 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
- Mar 18, 2016, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties DeWitt County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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, 9:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Wnw Gillett, TX | |
| Mar 18, 9:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Gillett, 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 2025 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
518
WUUS54 KEWX 190217
SVREWX
TXC123-177-255-493-190315-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0040.160319T0217Z-160319T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
917 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KARNES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN DEWITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 916 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GILLETT...OR NEAR KOSCIUSKO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...INCLUDING A
REPORT FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLORESVILLE.
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...
YORKTOWN...KOSCIUSKO...NIXON...RUNGE...FALLS CITY...NORDHEIM...GILLETT...
PANDORA...CESTOHOWA...PANA MARIA...COTTON PATCH...NEW DAVY...HELENA...
GRUENAU...ECLETO AND PAWELEVILLE.
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 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 2902 9810 2932 9783 2896 9734 2892 9739
2892 9743 2876 9765
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 302DEG 24KT 2916 9786
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LJH2 follow-up statements
039
WWUS54 KEWX 190252
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
952 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
TXC177-493-190302-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160319T0315Z/
GONZALES TX-WILSON TX-
952 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES AND
SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2913 9786 2922 9773 2911 9761 2914 9758
2896 9734 2892 9739 2892 9743 2885 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 293DEG 18KT 2912 9770
$$
TXC123-255-190315-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160319T0315Z/
KARNES TX-DEWITT TX-
952 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KARNES AND SOUTHWESTERN DEWITT COUNTIES...
AT 952 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GILLETT...OR 14
MILES EAST OF KOSCIUSKO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
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...
YORKTOWN...NORDHEIM...GILLETT...GRUENAU...ECLETO...COTTON PATCH AND NEW
DAVY.
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 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 2913 9786 2922 9773 2911 9761 2914 9758
2896 9734 2892 9739 2892 9743 2885 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 293DEG 18KT 2912 9770
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CP937
WWUS54 KEWX 190308
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1008 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
TXC123-255-190317-
/O.EXP.KEWX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160319T0315Z/
KARNES TX-DEWITT TX-
1008 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KARNES AND
SOUTHWESTERN DEWITT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2913 9786 2922 9773 2911 9761 2914 9758
2896 9734 2892 9739 2892 9743 2885 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 302DEG 24KT 2912 9770
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real, Uvalde | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 57 min |
| Mar 18, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 55 min |
| Mar 18, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina, Uvalde | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 62 min |
| Mar 18, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Frio, Kinney, Uvalde | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 9:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 9:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Karnes, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Mar 18, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gonzales | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick, Zavala | 52 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.