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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 25, 20226 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2022, 12:41 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2022, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2022, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dimmit County, TX, Frio County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 24, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2912 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 25, 12:14 AM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 12:14 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:03 PM CDT, 8 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
403 PM CDT Tue May 24 2022

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-252200-
Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera-
Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Kinney-Uvalde-
Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell-Fayette-Maverick-Zavala-
Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Karnes-Gonzales-De Witt-Lavaca-Dimmit-
403 PM CDT Tue May 24 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas..

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon And Tonight.

Isolated thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon and early
evening across the southern Edwards Plateau and western Hill
Country. A complex of storms is then forecast to impact portions
of the Hill Country, I-35 corridor, and Coastal Plains late this
evening and into the early morning hours on Wednesday. Some storms
could become severe. The main threats are damaging wind gusts and
locally heavy rainfall that could lead to isolated urban and small
stream flooding. A secondary threat of hail and a low chance for
isolated tornadoes is also possible. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch
has been issued for portions of the Hill Country and southern
Edwards Plateau. Additional watches farther south could be
required later tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday morning should remain
mostly across the Coastal Plains and then clear southeast by
midday. A few strong storms could be possible in the morning,
producing gusty winds and small hail.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to submit severe weather and rainfall reports
to the National Weather Service.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 12:07 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 12:11 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 12:30 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 12:31 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 25, 12:33 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 12:38 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Maverick	46 min
May 24, 7:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
May 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	60 min
May 24, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Llano	58 min
May 24, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards	15 min
May 24, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EWX	Maverick	58 min
May 24, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Val Verde	64 min
May 24, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	45 min
May 24, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Llano	59 min
May 24, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Burnet, Williamson	56 min
May 24, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	52 min
May 24, 8:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kerr	49 min
May 24, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	53 min
May 24, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Val Verde	64 min
May 24, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit	18 min
May 24, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Gillespie, Kerr, Real	60 min
May 24, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	60 min
May 24, 9:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
May 24, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Llano	47 min
May 24, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet, Williamson	50 min
May 24, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit	47 min
May 24, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EWX	Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr	58 min
May 24, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kerr	66 min
May 24, 10:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kerr	3 hr
May 24, 10:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kerr	3 hr
May 24, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Edwards	46 min
May 24, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Val Verde	45 min
May 24, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Real	43 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet, Williamson	44 min
May 24, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Blanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis, Williamson	56 min
May 24, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera	49 min
May 24, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde	65 min
May 24, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Hays, Kendall, Medina and 2 more	59 min
May 24, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	52 min
May 24, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Travis and 1 more	67 min
May 24, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Frio, Gonzales and 5 more	56 min
May 24, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala	54 min
May 25, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lee, Williamson	64 min
May 25, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	42 min
May 25, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, DeWitt, Frio, Gonzales, Guadalupe and 4 more	68 min
May 25, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Maverick, Uvalde	47 min
May 25, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Frio, Maverick, Zavala	59 min
May 25, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick	38 min
May 25, 2:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit	33 min
May 25, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Uvalde	34 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.