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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 22, 2024Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2024, 4:24 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 22, 2024, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2024, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2024-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3265 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2024-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
12.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 3:01 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Maverick, Zavala16 hr
May 22, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde47 min
May 22, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde60 min
May 22, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde25 min
May 22, 5:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXVal Verde3 hr
May 22, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson66 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.