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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 29, 2016Burnet County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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: Apr 29, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Burnet County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

As transmitted.

730 
WUUS54 KEWX 300015
SVREWX
TXC053-300100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0095.160430T0015Z-160430T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
715 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 715 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF TOW...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMPASAS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY.

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 3094 9810 3092 9840 3103 9844 3103 9791
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 250DEG 30KT 3098 9835 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

CP

2 follow-up statements

454 
WWUS54 KEWX 300028
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
728 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

TXC053-300100-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160430T0100Z/
BURNET TX-
728 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY...

AT 726 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LAMPASAS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS MOVING ACROSS
COUNTY ROADS 104...105 AND 106...THEN WILL MOVE ACROSS FM 1478. 

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY.

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 3094 9810 3092 9840 3103 9844 3103 9791
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 248DEG 16KT 3100 9832 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

CP

517 
WWUS54 KEWX 300058
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
758 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

TXC053-300108-
/O.EXP.KEWX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160430T0100Z/
BURNET TX-
758 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO.

LAT...LON 3094 9810 3092 9840 3103 9844 3103 9791
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 250DEG 30KT 3100 9832 

$$

CP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	37 min
Apr 29, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar	41 min
Apr 29, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bexar, Medina	55 min
Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bexar	49 min
Apr 29, 8:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar	3 hr
Apr 29, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe	57 min
Apr 29, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	39 min
Apr 29, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet	33 min
Apr 29, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Guadalupe	59 min
Apr 29, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Llano	28 min
Apr 29, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	47 min
Apr 29, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Guadalupe	36 min
Apr 29, 10:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	43 min
Apr 30, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	30 min
Apr 30, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney, Uvalde	36 min
Apr 30, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera	38 min
Apr 30, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Uvalde	44 min
Apr 30, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde	48 min
Apr 30, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall	61 min
Apr 30, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Medina, Uvalde	36 min
Apr 30, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kinney, Uvalde	54 min
Apr 30, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Caldwell, Comal, Hays, Travis	38 min
Apr 30, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Medina	30 min
Apr 30, 4:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Caldwell, Guadalupe	39 min
Apr 30, 4:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis	48 min
Apr 30, 4:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Hays, Travis	117 min
Apr 30, 4:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	40 min
Apr 30, 4:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Medina	23 min
Apr 30, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Fayette, Lee, Travis	48 min
Apr 30, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Medina	19 min
Apr 30, 5:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales	38 min
Apr 30, 5:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop	2 hr
Apr 30, 5:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Fayette, Lee	39 min
Apr 30, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Fayette	39 min
Apr 30, 6:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Fayette	29 min
Apr 30, 6:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Lee	117 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.