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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
CP2 follow-up statements
395
WWUS54 KEWX 132302
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
602 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
TXC019-171-265-132330-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0187.000000T0000Z-211013T2330Z/
Bandera TX-Kerr TX-Gillespie TX-
602 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BANDERA...KERR AND WESTERN GILLESPIE COUNTIES...
At 600 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles southeast of Segovia to near Harper to near
Ingram to Hill Country State Natural Area, moving northeast at 55
mph. A report near Kerr Wildlife Management Area had 54 mph and a
report from Lost Maples State Park had 46 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Medina, Kerrville, Bandera, Tarpley, Ingram, Hunt, Cherry Spring,
Camp Verde, Tivydale, Kerrville-
Schreiner Park, Doss, Kerr Wildlife Management Area, Waltonia,
Harper, Mountain Home, Center Point, Hill Country State Natural Area,
I-10 Near The Kimble-Kerr County Line, Us-83 Near The Kerr-
Kimble County Line and The Intersection Of I-10 And Us 290.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3050 9900 2963 9904 2963 9940 3005 9949
3029 9975 3029 9930 3042 9930
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 212DEG 46KT 3030 9956 3028 9934 3004 9924 2965
9918
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CP270
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
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 42 min |
| Oct 13, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real, Uvalde | 57 min |
| Oct 13, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Llano and 1 more | 45 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.