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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

February 11, 2021Bandera County, Real County, Uvalde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 2021, 6:55 AM CST for Bandera County, Real County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
Feb 11, 2021, 6:55 AM CST (12:55 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 2021, 7:34 AM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Bandera County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2021-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
412 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

360 
WUUS54 KEWX 111255
SVREWX
TXC019-385-463-111400-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0002.210211T1255Z-210211T1400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
655 AM CST Thu Feb 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Bandera County in south central Texas...
  North central Uvalde County in south central Texas...
  Southeastern Real County in south central Texas...

* Until 800 AM CST.

* At 655 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
  Uvalde, moving north at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Leakey, Vanderpool, Garner State Park, Tuff, Rio Frio, Reagan
  Wells, Concan and Knippa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2924 9968 2926 9985 2981 9987 2978 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 1255Z 186DEG 23KT 2932 9978 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

MO
2 follow-up statements
934 
WWUS54 KEWX 111309
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
709 AM CST Thu Feb 11 2021

TXC019-385-463-111400-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210211T1400Z/
Bandera TX-Uvalde TX-Real TX-
709 AM CST Thu Feb 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST
FOR WEST CENTRAL BANDERA...NORTH CENTRAL UVALDE AND SOUTHEASTERN REAL
COUNTIES...

At 708 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of
Concan, or 13 miles north of Uvalde, moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Leakey, Concan, Garner State Park, Rio Frio and Reagan Wells. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2935 9965 2938 9985 2974 9981 2972 9952
TIME...MOT...LOC 1308Z 186DEG 23KT 2941 9977 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

ZEITLER
442 
WWUS54 KEWX 111334
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
734 AM CST Thu Feb 11 2021

TXC019-385-463-111343-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210211T1400Z/
Bandera TX-Uvalde TX-Real TX-
734 AM CST Thu Feb 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BANDERA...NORTH
CENTRAL UVALDE AND SOUTHEASTERN REAL COUNTIES 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, heavy rain is 
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 2935 9965 2938 9985 2974 9981 2972 9952
TIME...MOT...LOC 1330Z 186DEG 23KT 2957 9975 

$$

PLATT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 4:51 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit39 min
Feb 11, 5:22 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXZavala53 min
Feb 11, 6:39 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXUvalde51 min
Feb 11, 7:25 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXUvalde50 min
Feb 11, 8:45 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 3 more15 hr

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.