Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2016, 3:09 AM CST for Edwards County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2016, 3:09 AM CST (09:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2016, 3:37 AM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 8, 1:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
972 WUUS54 KEWX 080909 SVREWX TXC137-465-081000- /O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0008.160308T0909Z-160308T1000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 309 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 400 AM CST * AT 309 AM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF SONORA TO FLOUR MILLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLOUR MILLS AND US-277 NEAR THE SUTTON-EDWARDS COUNTY LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3029 10020 3011 10019 2995 10081 3029 10084 TIME...MOT...LOC 0909Z 242DEG 27KT 3027 10070 3004 10069 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ RUNYEN
2 follow-up statements
132 WWUS54 KEWX 080927 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 327 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 TXC465-080937- /O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160308T1000Z/ VAL VERDE TX- 327 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3029 10020 3011 10019 3008 10065 3029 10065 TIME...MOT...LOC 0927Z 242DEG 27KT 3033 10057 3010 10056 $$ TXC137-081000- /O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160308T1000Z/ EDWARDS TX- 327 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY... AT 327 AM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTH OF SONORA TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLOUR MILLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... US-277 NEAR THE SUTTON-EDWARDS COUNTY LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3029 10020 3011 10019 3008 10065 3029 10065 TIME...MOT...LOC 0927Z 242DEG 27KT 3033 10057 3010 10056 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ RUNYEN
077
WWUS54 KEWX 080937
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
337 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
TXC137-080947-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160308T1000Z/
EDWARDS TX-
337 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3029 10020 3011 10019 3008 10065 3029 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0935Z 242DEG 27KT 3036 10050 3013 10049
$$
RUNYENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 1:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 1:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 52 min |
| Mar 8, 1:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 1:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 2:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 2:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 28 min |
| Mar 8, 2:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 3:03 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 6:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 7:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 8:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 9:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 29 min |
| Mar 8, 2:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 75 min |
| Mar 8, 4:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.