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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 2, 20239 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2023, 11:53 PM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 55 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: Jun 2, 2023, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2023, 12:48 AM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Medina County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:54 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
Jun 2, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 249 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: 2764 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1216 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 16.3

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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 Jun 2, 11:45 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 11:45 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 6:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
638 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-032345-
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-
638 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is a risk for severe storms across the Edwards Plateau and
Rio Grande Plains this evening. The highest threat is over far
northern Val Verde County with a Level 3 of 5 risk with a Level 1
to 2 of 5 elsewhere over the western Hill Country to the Rio
Grande Plains. Large hail and damaging wind are the main threats,
however, a tornado cannot be ruled out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Locally heavy rainfall and minor flooding, as well as, strong
storms are possible this weekend into early next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 9:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 11:49 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 11:50 PM 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
Jun 2, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	56 min
Jun 2, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	53 min
Jun 2, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Val Verde	65 min
Jun 2, 7:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
Jun 2, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	28 min
Jun 2, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Val Verde	12 min
Jun 2, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Val Verde	60 min
Jun 2, 8:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
Jun 2, 8:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Edwards, Val Verde	23 min
Jun 2, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	55 min
Jun 2, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde	13 min
Jun 2, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	47 min
Jun 2, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Edwards, Kinney	62 min
Jun 2, 9:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Val Verde	3 hr
Jun 2, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	38 min
Jun 2, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Real	43 min
Jun 2, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Real	56 min
Jun 2, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde and 1 more	56 min
Jun 2, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Kerr, Real	51 min
Jun 2, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Zavala	49 min
Jun 2, 10:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, Uvalde	3 hr
Jun 2, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala	51 min
Jun 2, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Kerr, Medina and 1 more	48 min
Jun 2, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala	45 min
Jun 2, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala	64 min
Jun 3, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Wilson	25 min
Jun 3, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson	43 min
Jun 3, 12:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Frio	49 min
Jun 3, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal, Guadalupe	57 min
Jun 3, 3:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Guadalupe	52 min
Jun 3, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EWX	Llano	62 min
Jun 3, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Blanco, Gillespie, Llano	61 min
Jun 3, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Maverick	67 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.