Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2016, 4:43 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 25 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 27, 2016, 4:43 AM CDT (09:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 5:08 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Frio County, TX, Medina County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 27, 4:49 AM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Leming, TX | |
| Apr 27, 4:55 AM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Big Foot, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 3361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KEWX 270943
SVREWX
TXC013-029-163-325-271045-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0092.160427T0943Z-160427T1045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
443 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BEXAR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN FRIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN ATASCOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 545 AM CDT
* AT 442 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DEVINE...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAN ANTONIO...DEVINE...POTEET...MOORE...LYTLE...ST. HEDWIG...SOMERSET...
ELMENDORF...NATALIA...CALAVERAS LAKE...BIGFOOT...LEMING...BIG FOOT...VON
ORMY...ROSSVILLE...SAYERS...SOUTHTON...ADKINS...MANGUS CORNER AND KYOTE.
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 2903 9898 2921 9902 2945 9815 2924 9830
2912 9840 2910 9840 2901 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0942Z 259DEG 33KT 2914 9891
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
CP1 follow-up statement
825
WWUS54 KEWX 271008
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
508 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016
TXC013-029-163-325-271017-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160427T1045Z/
BEXAR TX-FRIO TX-ATASCOSA TX-MEDINA TX-
508 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BEXAR...NORTHEASTERN
FRIO...NORTHWESTERN ATASCOSA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2903 9898 2921 9902 2945 9815 2924 9830
2912 9840 2910 9840 2901 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1005Z 259DEG 33KT 2918 9866
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 72 min |
| Apr 26, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Real, Val Verde | 69 min |
| Apr 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Real | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and 2 more | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Medina, Uvalde | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Fayette, Frio and 8 more | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 3:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, DeWitt and 8 more | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 4:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe, Wilson | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 5:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 5:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 6:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 7:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 30 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.