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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT for Llano County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 9 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
- Apr 12, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Llano County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 W Valley Spring, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PONTOTOC ON COUNTY ROAD 405. 3 INCHES OF HAIL ACCUMULATION ON THE GROUND. |
| Apr 12, 7:35 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 5 Wnw Llano, TX | BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WNW OF LLANO. |
| Apr 12, 7:38 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 7 W Llano, TX | 3 INCH HAIL REPORTED 7 MILES WEST OF LLANO. HAIL STOPPED AT 7:45 PM. |
| Apr 12, 7:41 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 S Valley Spring, TX | LARGEST HAILSTONE AT THIS LOCATION WAS GOLFBALL WITH UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL STILL FALLING. |
| Apr 12, 7:43 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Llano, TX | PICTURE OF MEASURED TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 12, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Llano, TX | |
| Apr 12, 7:47 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 1 Nnw Llano, TX | |
| Apr 12, 7:49 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 S Valley Spring, TX | VEHICLE DAMAGE WITH WINDOWS BROKEN DUE TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 12, 7:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Se Llano, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 2255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
097
WUUS54 KEWX 130000
SVREWX
TXC299-130100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0032.210413T0000Z-210413T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
700 PM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Llano County in south central Texas...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 659 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Field Creek,
or 16 miles east of Mason, moving east at 20 mph.
This is a very dangerous storm.
HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured.
Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs,
siding, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Llano, Gainesville, Castell, Field Creek, Lone Grove, Stolz, Valley
Spring and Oxford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3080 9846 3054 9857 3071 9897 3092 9896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 290DEG 19KT 3082 9897
HAIL...2.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
YB2 follow-up statements
205
WWUS54 KEWX 130029
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
729 PM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021
TXC299-130100-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210413T0100Z/
Llano TX-
729 PM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL LLANO COUNTY...
At 728 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Valley Spring,
or 7 miles west of Llano, moving east at 20 mph.
This is a very dangerous storm.
HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured.
Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs,
siding, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Llano, Gainesville, Castell, Lone Grove, Stolz, Valley Spring and
Oxford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3080 9846 3054 9857 3070 9896 3090 9889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 290DEG 19KT 3077 9880
HAIL...2.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
YB606
WWUS54 KEWX 130039
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
739 PM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021
TXC299-130100-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210413T0100Z/
Llano TX-
739 PM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL LLANO COUNTY...
At 738 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Llano, and is
nearly stationary.
This is a very dangerous storm.
HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters observed baseball size hail
occurring.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured.
Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs,
siding, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Llano, Gainesville, Castell, Lone Grove, Stolz, Valley Spring and
Oxford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This is a dangerous storm. Prepare immediately for large destructive
hail capable of producing significant damage. People outside should
move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3080 9846 3054 9857 3070 9896 3090 9889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 290DEG 19KT 3076 9876
HAIL...2.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
YBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr | 63 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.