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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 257, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2023, 6:43 PM CDT for Burnet County, Llano County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 15, 2023, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2023, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Burnet County, TX, Llano County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 3565 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
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 15, 6:33 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 12:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 1258 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-161800- 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- 1258 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas.. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon And Tonight. An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect through this evening across portions of the Rio Grande Plains as heat indices as high as 118 degrees will be possible. A Heat Advisory is now in effect through Friday evening for much of South Central Texas including the I-35 corridor, and the Coastal Plains as heat indices up to 114 degrees will be possible. There is a slight chance for isolated thunderstorms over portions of Hill Country and the I-35 Corridor later this afternoon and evening. Any storms that develop would likely become severe with large hail and damaging winds being the main hazards. A level 2 of 5 risk is in place for Burnet and Llano counties and a level 1 of 5 risk is in place for the northern Hill Country and portions of the I-35 corridor. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Above average temperatures will continue through the next week, and combined with humidity across the region, residents will need to take precautions to guard against heat illness during this time. Heat Advisories and perhaps Excessive Heat Warnings will be possible for portions of the area on many days through this period. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 321 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023 TXZ171-172-183>190-202-160100- Llano-Burnet-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera-Gillespie- Kendall-Blanco-Kinney- Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Del Rio, Rocksprings, Leakey, Kerrville, Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, and Brackettville 321 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023 ...HOT TEMPERATURES AND ELEVATED HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... A combination of air temperatures ranging from the upper 90s to lower 100s and dew points in the mid to upper 70s are contributing to high heat index readings over Hill Country and the southern Edwards Plateau this afternoon. Said heat index values could become dangerous for those spending prolonged periods of time outdoors. Be sure to drink plenty of water, take frequent breaks in shaded and/or air-conditioned environments, and wear light- colored and loose-fitting clothing if planning to be outside through the early evening hours today. Temperatures will begin to decline near and after sunset.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:17 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
617 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023
TXZ171-160000-
Llano TX-
617 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Llano
County through 700 PM CDT...
At 617 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lone Grove, or near Llano, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size 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...
Llano, Baby Head, Lone Grove and Stolz.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3070 9851 3078 9882 3092 9881 3092 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 286DEG 25KT 3081 9864
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
27The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 12:47 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, DeWitt and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:47 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 4 days |
| Jun 15, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Llano | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 43 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.