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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 15, 2021Bandera County, Medina County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2021, 7:53 PM CDT for Bandera County, Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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
Jun 15, 2021, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bandera County, TX, Medina County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 7:55 PM CDTHAIL 12 S Bandera, TXMOSTLY DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL WITH A FEW HAILSTONES UP TO QUARTER SIZED.

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 (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2021-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 731 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 2021-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
731 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

725 
WUUS54 KEWX 160053
SVREWX
TXC019-325-160200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0171.210616T0053Z-210616T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
753 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Medina County in south central Texas...
  Southeastern Bandera County in south central Texas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 752 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bandera,
  moving southwest at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Bandera, Hill Country State Natural Area, Bandera Falls, Lakehills
  and Lake Medina Shores.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2976 9912 2968 9894 2941 9905 2954 9932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 032DEG 10KT 2967 9908 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MO
2 follow-up statements
504 
WWUS54 KEWX 160126
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
826 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

TXC019-160136-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210616T0200Z/
Bandera TX-
826 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BANDERA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
Bandera County. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 2954 9932 2963 9920 2962 9898 2941 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 355DEG 13KT 2953 9905 

$$

TXC325-160200-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210616T0200Z/
Medina TX-
826 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTY...

At 826 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mico, or 13
miles south of Bandera, moving south at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Hill Country State Natural Area and Lake Medina Shores. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2954 9932 2963 9920 2962 9898 2941 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 355DEG 13KT 2953 9905 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MO
355 
WWUS54 KEWX 160145
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
845 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

TXC325-160155-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210616T0200Z/
Medina TX-
845 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEDINA 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 gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm as it moves toward Hondo.

LAT...LON 2954 9932 2963 9920 2962 9898 2941 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 032DEG 10KT 2948 9908 

$$

MO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar36 min
Jun 15, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards46 min
Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera35 min
Jun 15, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina31 min
Jun 15, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXUvalde51 min
Jun 15, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde28 min
Jun 15, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt64 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.