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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 15, 2021Uvalde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2021, 10:50 PM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
Jun 15, 2021, 10:50 PM CDT (03:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2021, 11:18 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Uvalde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

033 
WUUS54 KEWX 160350
SVREWX
TXC463-160445-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0172.210616T0350Z-210616T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1050 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Uvalde County in south central Texas...

* Until 1145 PM CDT.

* At 1049 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Laguna, or
  20 miles northwest of Uvalde, moving south at 15 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...
  Uvalde, Laguna, Reagan Wells, Montell, Cline and Uvalde Estates. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2920 10011 2938 10011 2953 10010 2960 9985
      2918 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 355DEG 12KT 2947 9995 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MO
1 follow-up statement
278 
WWUS54 KEWX 160418
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1118 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

TXC463-160428-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-210616T0445Z/
Uvalde TX-
1118 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN UVALDE 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.

LAT...LON 2920 10011 2938 10011 2953 10010 2960 9985
      2918 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 355DEG 12KT 2937 9994 

$$

YB

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, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina52 min
Jun 15, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina31 min
Jun 15, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXUvalde51 min
Jun 15, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt64 min

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.