Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 15, 2017, 5:17 PM CST for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 4 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
- Jan 15, 2017, 5:17 PM CST (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 2.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Edwards County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 5:27 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | Carta Valley, TX | QUARTER TO SLIGHTLY LARGER SIZE HAILSTONES OBSERVED |
| Jan 15, 5:30 PM CST | HAIL 1.5 | 4 E Carta Valley, TX | QUARTER TO PING PONG SIZE HAIL COVERING THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 377 NEAR FM2523 |
| Jan 15, 5:45 PM CST | HAIL 2.5 | 16 N Kickapoo Cavern St, TX | TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL 17 MILES SW OF ROCKSPRINGS |
| Jan 15, 5:56 PM CST | HAIL 2.5 | 9 Nne Kickapoo Cavern S, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
360
WUUS54 KEWX 152317
SVREWX
TXC137-160000-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0003.170115T2317Z-170116T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
517 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Edwards County in south central Texas...
* Until 600 PM CST
* At 517 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Carta Valley,
or 9 miles south of Loma Alta, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tennis 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...
Rocksprings and Carta Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This thunderstorm is capable of producing all types of severe weather
including extremely large hail, destructive straight line winds and
tornadoes. Move quickly to a safe shelter such as an interior room, a
bathroom, closet or basement.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2989 10070 3007 10022 2963 10023 2962 10043
2962 10070
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 256DEG 28KT 2979 10073
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
546
WWUS54 KEWX 152339
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
539 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
TXC137-160000-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170116T0000Z/
Edwards TX-
539 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...
At 539 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
Carta Valley, or 18 miles southeast of Loma Alta, moving east at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Edwards County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This thunderstorm is capable of producing all types of severe weather
including extremely large hail, destructive straight line winds and
tornadoes. Move quickly to a safe shelter, such as an interior room,
a bathroom or closet or basement.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2986 10062 2996 10023 2964 10023 2965 10041
2966 10062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 260DEG 31KT 2977 10051
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$524
WWUS54 KEWX 152346
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
546 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
TXC137-160000-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170116T0000Z/
Edwards TX-
546 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...
At 546 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles east of
Carta Valley, or 21 miles southwest of Rocksprings, moving east at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Tennis 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.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Edwards County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This thunderstorm is capable of producing all types of severe weather
including extremely large hail, destructive straight line winds and
tornadoes. Move quickly to a safe shelter, such as an interior room,
a bathroom or closet or basement.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2987 10055 2993 10023 2964 10023 2965 10041
2966 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 269DEG 29KT 2977 10044
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 48 min |
| Jan 15, 4:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 38 min |
| Jan 15, 4:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 48 min |
| Jan 15, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 38 min |
| Jan 15, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 33 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.