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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2021, 8:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2021, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2021, 8:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 2506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KEWX 290125
SVREWX
TXC055-091-187-209-290230-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0149.210529T0125Z-210529T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
825 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Caldwell County in south central Texas...
Southeastern Hays County in south central Texas...
Northeastern Guadalupe County in south central Texas...
East central Comal County in south central Texas...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 825 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Zorn, or 7
miles southwest of San Marcos, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
New Braunfels, San Marcos, Kyle, Lockhart, Wimberley, Canyon Lake,
Martindale, Uhland, Kingsbury, Staples, Fentress, Zorn, Geronimo,
Hunter, San Marcos Regional Airport, Maxwell, Reedville, Redwood,
Freiheit and Gruene.
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 2970 9813 3000 9812 2992 9759 2968 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 259DEG 30KT 2976 9799
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CP1 follow-up statement
006
WWUS54 KEWX 290155
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
855 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021
TXC055-091-187-209-290204-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-210529T0230Z/
Caldwell TX-Hays TX-Guadalupe TX-Comal TX-
855 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALDWELL...
SOUTHEASTERN HAYS...NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE AND EAST CENTRAL COMAL
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled. However small hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
south central Texas.
LAT...LON 2970 9813 3000 9812 2992 9759 2968 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 259DEG 30KT 2981 9771
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 59 min |
| May 28, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 57 min |
| May 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette | 31 min |
| May 28, 7:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Travis | 3 hr |
| May 28, 7:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie | 3 hr |
| May 28, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Real | 56 min |
| May 28, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lee | 64 min |
| May 28, 8:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr | 3 hr |
| May 28, 8:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Travis | 3 hr |
| May 28, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 32 min |
| May 28, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca, Lee | 52 min |
| May 28, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Kendall, Kerr and 3 more | 61 min |
| May 28, 8:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Kerr and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 28, 8:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 5 hr |
| May 28, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gonzales, Guadalupe | 47 min |
| May 28, 9:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 3 hr |
| May 28, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays and 2 more | 56 min |
| May 28, 9:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| May 28, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales and 5 more | 21 min |
| May 28, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca | 58 min |
| May 28, 10:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 8 hr |
| May 28, 11:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 7 hr |
| May 28, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 34 min |
| May 29, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 36 min |
| May 29, 12:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| May 29, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 34 min |
| May 29, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal, Kendall | 49 min |
| May 29, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gonzales, Guadalupe | 57 min |
| May 29, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 49 min |
| May 29, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 54 min |
| May 29, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 89 min |
| May 29, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Real, Val Verde | 70 min |
| May 29, 4:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 52 min |
| May 29, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 27 min |
| May 29, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick, Zavala | 48 min |
| May 29, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 55 min |
| May 29, 5:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Frio, Medina | 51 min |
| May 29, 6:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real | 3 hr |
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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.