Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 25, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Comal County, TX, Kendall County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Timberwood Park, TX | 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR TIMBERWOOD PARK |
| Apr 25, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Spring Branch, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
821
WUUS54 KEWX 260006
SVREWX
TXC029-031-091-259-260045-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0083.160426T0006Z-160426T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
706 PM CDT MON APR 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BEXAR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
COMAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN BLANCO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EASTERN KENDALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TIMBERWOOD
PARK...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNIVERSAL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
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...
NEW BRAUNFELS...CANYON LAKE DAM...SELMA...CANYON LAKE...BULVERDE...
GARDEN RIDGE...TIMBERWOOD PARK...BERGHEIM...TWIN SISTERS...FISCHER...
KENDALIA...GUADALUPE RIVER STATE PARK...SPRING BRANCH...ANHALT...
BRACKEN...SPECHT STORE...SATTLER AND STARTZVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3004 9830 2986 9805 2959 9833 2967 9861
3008 9857
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 214DEG 28KT 2967 9845
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HAMPSHIRE3 follow-up statements
114
WWUS54 KEWX 260027
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
727 PM CDT MON APR 25 2016
TXC029-260036-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160426T0045Z/
BEXAR TX-
727 PM CDT MON APR 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BEXAR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3004 9830 2986 9805 2967 9829 2970 9835
2972 9834 2973 9835 2972 9838 2973 9838
2975 9841 2974 9842 2981 9857 3007 9855
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 214DEG 28KT 2980 9835
$$
TXC031-091-259-260045-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160426T0045Z/
COMAL TX-BLANCO TX-KENDALL TX-
727 PM CDT MON APR 25 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR COMAL...SOUTHWESTERN BLANCO AND EASTERN KENDALL COUNTIES...
AT 726 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRING BRANCH...
OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANYON LAKE DAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
CANYON LAKE DAM...CANYON LAKE...BULVERDE...KENDALIA...GUADALUPE RIVER
STATE PARK...SPRING BRANCH...TWIN SISTERS...FISCHER...SATTLER...ANHALT AND
STARTZVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3004 9830 2986 9805 2967 9829 2970 9835
2972 9834 2973 9835 2972 9838 2973 9838
2975 9841 2974 9842 2981 9857 3007 9855
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 214DEG 28KT 2980 9835
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HAMPSHIRE934
WWUS54 KEWX 260040
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
740 PM CDT MON APR 25 2016
TXC259-260049-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160426T0045Z/
KENDALL TX-
740 PM CDT MON APR 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KENDALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2990 9811 2976 9828 2989 9847 2994 9842
2998 9845 3001 9845 3004 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 220DEG 31KT 2994 9832
$$
TXC031-091-260045-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160426T0045Z/
COMAL TX-BLANCO TX-
740 PM CDT MON APR 25 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN COMAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL BLANCO COUNTIES...
AT 739 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FISCHER...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF CANYON LAKE DAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
CANYON LAKE DAM...CANYON LAKE...SPRING BRANCH...TWIN SISTERS...FISCHER...
SATTLER AND STARTZVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 2990 9811 2976 9828 2989 9847 2994 9842
2998 9845 3001 9845 3004 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 220DEG 31KT 2994 9832
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HAMPSHIRE076
WWUS54 KEWX 260044
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
744 PM CDT MON APR 25 2016
TXC031-091-260054-
/O.EXP.KEWX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160426T0045Z/
COMAL TX-BLANCO TX-
744 PM CDT MON APR 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COMAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL BLANCO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2990 9811 2976 9828 2989 9847 2994 9842
2998 9845 3001 9845 3004 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 214DEG 28KT 2994 9832
$$
HAMPSHIREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 49 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.