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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 13, 2021Bandera County, Gillespie County, Kerr County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2021, 5:37 PM CDT for Bandera County, Gillespie County, Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
Oct 13, 2021, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bandera County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kerr County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 12:00Z on 2021-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2273 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 12:00Z on 2021-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

As transmitted.

703 
WUUS54 KEWX 132237
SVREWX
TXC019-171-265-132330-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0187.211013T2237Z-211013T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
537 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Bandera County in south central Texas...
  Kerr County in south central Texas...
  Western Gillespie County in south central Texas...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 537 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 19 miles north of Tuff to 6 miles south of Kerr
  Wildlife Management Area to 10 miles northeast of Lost Maples State
  Natural Area to 6 miles east of Utopia, moving north at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Medina, Kerrville, Bandera, Vanderpool, Tarpley, Ingram, Hunt,
  Cherry Spring, Camp Verde, Tivydale, Kerrville-Schreiner Park,
  Doss, Kerr Wildlife Management Area, Waltonia, Harper, Mountain
  Home, Center Point, Hill Country State Natural Area, Lost Maples
  State Natural Area and I-10 Near The Kimble-Kerr County Line.

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 these storms. 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 these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3050 9900 2963 9904 2963 9955 2990 9960
      2991 9968 2995 9969 3007 9969 3008 9975
      3029 9975 3029 9930 3042 9930
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 200DEG 50KT 3004 9969 3000 9952 2991 9944 2965
9942

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CP
2 follow-up statements
395 
WWUS54 KEWX 132302
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
602 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

TXC019-171-265-132330-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0187.000000T0000Z-211013T2330Z/
Bandera TX-Kerr TX-Gillespie TX-
602 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BANDERA...KERR AND WESTERN GILLESPIE COUNTIES...

At 600 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles southeast of Segovia to near Harper to near
Ingram to Hill Country State Natural Area, moving northeast at 55 
mph. A report near Kerr Wildlife Management Area had 54 mph and a 
report from Lost Maples State Park had 46 mph.  

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Medina, Kerrville, Bandera, Tarpley, Ingram, Hunt, Cherry Spring,
Camp Verde, Tivydale, Kerrville-
Schreiner Park, Doss, Kerr Wildlife Management Area, Waltonia,
Harper, Mountain Home, Center Point, Hill Country State Natural Area,
I-10 Near The Kimble-Kerr County Line, Us-83 Near The Kerr-
Kimble County Line and The Intersection Of I-10 And Us 290.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
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 these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3050 9900 2963 9904 2963 9940 3005 9949
      3029 9975 3029 9930 3042 9930
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 212DEG 46KT 3030 9956 3028 9934 3004 9924 2965
9918

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CP
270 
WWUS54 KEWX 132330
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
630 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

TXC019-171-265-132340-
/O.EXP.KEWX.SV.W.0187.000000T0000Z-211013T2330Z/
Bandera TX-Kerr TX-Gillespie TX-
630 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BANDERA...KERR AND
WESTERN GILLESPIE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire.  However gusty winds and heavy rain are still
possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3050 9900 2963 9904 2963 9940 3005 9949
      3029 9975 3029 9930 3042 9930
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 270DEG 50KT 3062 9935 3060 9913 3036 9903 2997
9897

$$

CP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 2:44 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXVal Verde3 hr
Oct 13, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney41 min
Oct 13, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXUvalde45 min
Oct 13, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXReal, Uvalde42 min
Oct 13, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Real, Uvalde57 min
Oct 13, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Llano and 1 more45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.