Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2017, 8:19 PM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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
- May 10, 2017, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Kinney County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Brackettville, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 1530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted.
265
WUUS54 KEWX 110119
SVREWX
TXC271-110200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0101.170511T0119Z-170511T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
819 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Kinney County in south central Texas...
* Until 900 PM CDT
* At 819 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Standart, or
10 miles west of Brackettville, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
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...
Brackettville, Alamo Village, Standart, Amanda and Turkey Mountain.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, damaging winds, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's 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 2941 10069 2957 10013 2938 10011 2920 10011
2927 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 265DEG 26KT 2933 10058
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RUNYEN1 follow-up statement
566
WWUS54 KEWX 110146
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
846 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017
TXC271-110200-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-170511T0200Z/
Kinney TX-
846 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY...
At 845 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brackettville,
moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Brackettville, Alamo Village and Turkey Mountain.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2941 10055 2957 10013 2938 10011 2920 10011
2927 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 265DEG 26KT 2935 10036
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RUNYENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 42 min |
| May 10, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 41 min |
| May 10, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 52 min |
| May 10, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 47 min |
| May 10, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 40 min |
| May 10, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 39 min |
| May 10, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 40 min |
| May 10, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 47 min |
| May 11, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 45 min |
| May 11, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 40 min |
| May 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 35 min |
| May 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 43 min |
| May 11, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 39 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.