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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 18, 2021Wilson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 18, 2021, 10:09 AM CST for Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. 3 reports 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
Dec 18, 2021, 10:09 AM CST (16:09 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 2021, 10:45 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 18, 10:15 AM CSTHAIL 17 Nnw Floresville, TXREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).
Dec 18, 10:16 AM CSTHAIL 1.251 N Sutherland Springs, TXTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN QUARTERS 3 MILES SE OF LA VERNIA.
Dec 18, 10:30 AM CSTHAIL 23 N Sutherland Springs, TXPUBLIC REPORTS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2358 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 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
2358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

824 
WUUS54 KEWX 181609
SVREWX
TXC493-181645-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0194.211218T1609Z-211218T1645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1009 AM CST Sat Dec 18 2021

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Wilson County in south central Texas...

* Until 1045 AM CST.

* At 1008 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Elmendorf,
  or near Floresville, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Public.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Floresville, Stockdale, Elmendorf, Sutherland Springs and Canada
  Verde.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2920 9834 2929 9826 2938 9795 2938 9791
      2918 9781 2909 9831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1608Z 256DEG 27KT 2920 9825 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

KCW
1 follow-up statement
059 
WWUS54 KEWX 181633
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1033 AM CST Sat Dec 18 2021

TXC493-181645-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0194.000000T0000Z-211218T1645Z/
Wilson TX-
1033 AM CST Sat Dec 18 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY...

At 1032 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sutherland
Springs, or near Stockdale, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Stockdale and Sutherland Springs. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2922 9812 2933 9814 2938 9795 2938 9791
      2918 9781 2917 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 256DEG 27KT 2925 9804 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

KCW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 2:04 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson41 min
Dec 18, 2:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson42 min
Dec 18, 4:59 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson16 min
Dec 18, 5:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet47 min
Dec 18, 6:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet53 min
Dec 18, 7:34 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXTravis, Williamson3 hr
Dec 18, 8:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXCaldwell46 min
Dec 18, 8:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis13 min
Dec 18, 9:11 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar49 min
Dec 18, 9:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXReal45 min
Dec 18, 9:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilson50 min
Dec 18, 10:03 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXUvalde42 min
Dec 18, 10:05 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney40 min
Dec 18, 10:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina, Uvalde39 min
Dec 18, 10:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson35 min
Dec 18, 10:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina41 min
Dec 18, 12:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGoliad40 min
Dec 18, 12:38 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt52 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.