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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 15, 2021Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 9:01 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 17 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
May 15, 2021, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2021, 9:18 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1227 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

897 
WUUS54 KEWX 160201
SVREWX
TXC465-160300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0124.210516T0201Z-210516T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
901 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Val Verde County in south central Texas...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 901 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Langtry,
  moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Juno and Langtry. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3029 10146 3029 10104 3023 10094 2977 10150
      2976 10154 2981 10155 2980 10157 2977 10158
      2978 10161 2976 10165 2981 10174
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 217DEG 36KT 2983 10160 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

RUNYEN
1 follow-up statement
792 
WWUS54 KEWX 160218
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
918 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

TXC465-160228-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210516T0300Z/
Val Verde TX-
918 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3029 10146 3029 10104 3023 10094 2977 10150
      2976 10154 2981 10155 2980 10157 2977 10158
      2978 10161 2976 10165 2981 10174
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 217DEG 36KT 2997 10148 

$$

RUNYEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde37 min
May 15, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde38 min
May 16, 5:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFrio, Zavala3 hr
May 16, 8:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXKarnes3 hr
May 16, 11:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXHays, Travis3 hr

Nearby

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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.