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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 12, 20236 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2023, 10:15 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 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 12, 2023, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2023, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Frio County, TX, Medina County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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 12, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 8:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
859 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023

TXZ202-203-217-218-130245-
Maverick TX-Uvalde TX-Kinney TX-Zavala TX-
859 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Kinney,
northeastern Maverick, southwestern Uvalde and northwestern Zavala
Counties through 945 PM CDT...

At 859 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles south of Dabney, or 18 miles southeast of Spofford, moving
northwest at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Anacacho and Dabney.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
south central Texas. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in
effect until 200 AM CDT for south central Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 2886 10000 2883 10026 2923 10041 2928 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 154DEG 28KT 2900 10017

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, May 12, 9:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 9:29 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
929 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 S COMSTOCK           29.52N 101.17W
05/12/2023                   VAL VERDE          TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DOWNED/UPROOTED TREE WITH WINDS ALSO
            ESTIMATED TO AROUND 70 MPH. TIME ESTIMATED
            VIA RADAR.

&&

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Special weather statement, May 12, 9:56 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 9:58 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 10:02 PM CDT, 13 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 12, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Dimmit, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala	64 min
May 12, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde	60 min
May 12, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Real, Val Verde	56 min
May 12, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Kinney, Maverick	36 min
May 12, 7:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde	3 hr
May 12, 7:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick	3 hr
May 12, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala	35 min
May 12, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, Uvalde	58 min
May 12, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala	63 min
May 12, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kerr, Real	50 min
May 12, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Maverick	46 min
May 12, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Kerr, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Zavala	30 min
May 12, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Maverick	50 min
May 12, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala	66 min
May 12, 9:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala	4 hr
May 12, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gillespie	49 min
May 12, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Zavala	17 min
May 12, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera, Kerr	43 min
May 12, 10:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Dimmit, Zavala	4 hr
May 12, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala	50 min
May 12, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Uvalde	51 min
May 12, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera	62 min
May 12, 10:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Kerr	3 hr
May 12, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gillespie, Llano	66 min
May 12, 11:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gillespie, Llano	3 hr
May 12, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Medina	52 min
May 12, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Bexar, Frio, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde	62 min
May 12, 11:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Medina, Uvalde	3 hr
May 12, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit, Zavala	61 min
May 13, 12:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Dimmit, Uvalde, Zavala	3 hr
May 13, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall and 2 more	62 min
May 13, 12:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Kendall, Medina	4 hr
May 13, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	49 min
May 13, 12:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Llano, Travis	3 hr
May 13, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	45 min
May 13, 1:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe, Karnes and 2 more	4 hr
May 13, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar, Comal, Wilson	64 min
May 13, 1:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala	3 hr
May 13, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Wilson	30 min
May 13, 1:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Blanco, Hays, Travis, Williamson	3 hr
May 13, 2:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bexar	4 hr
May 13, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal, Guadalupe	44 min
May 13, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	42 min
May 13, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Caldwell	46 min
May 13, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	51 min
May 13, 3:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe and 4 more	5 hr
May 13, 3:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kinney	4 hr
May 13, 4:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop, Fayette, Lee	4 hr
May 13, 4:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Fayette	34 min
May 13, 4:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe and 3 more	6 hr
May 13, 5:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar	5 hr
May 13, 6:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Goliad, Karnes	56 hr
May 13, 6:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Lavaca	5 hr
May 13, 6:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal	13 min
May 13, 6:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	22 min
May 13, 7:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	DeWitt, Lavaca	3 hr
May 13, 8:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	DeWitt	3 days
May 13, 8:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	DeWitt	4 days
May 13, 8:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lee and 1 more	7 hr
May 13, 8:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar, Wilson	17 hr
May 13, 8:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar	43 hr
May 13, 8:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Karnes	13 hr
May 13, 8:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Karnes, Wilson	30 hr
May 13, 10:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Guadalupe	58 min
May 13, 10:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca	5 hr
May 13, 11:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Caldwell, DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays	57 min
May 13, 12:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales	56 min
May 13, 12:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Real	2 hr
May 13, 3:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca	2 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.