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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 24, 2024Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 24, 2024, 6:54 PM CST for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
Dec 24, 2024, 6:54 PM CST (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2024, 8:00 PM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lee County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 24, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 289 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-12-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1557 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.8
Supercell composite
19.3

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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 Dec 24, 6:51 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 6:51 PM CST, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 2:29 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
229 PM CST Tue Dec 24 2024

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-252030-
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-
229 PM CST Tue Dec 24 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is a level 1 to 2 of 5 risk of strong to severe storms this
evening into tonight for areas along and east of I-35. Large hail
and damaging winds are the primary threats. Heavy rain may lead to
isolated flooding.

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

There is another marginal risk of strong storms on Thursday.

Otherwise, no hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 24, 6:40 PM CST, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 6:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee50 min
Dec 24, 6:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop48 min
Dec 24, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee46 min
Dec 24, 7:17 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXCaldwell43 min
Dec 24, 7:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette, Gonzales, Wilson67 min
Dec 24, 8:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee45 min
Dec 24, 8:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop, Lee43 min
Dec 24, 8:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee39 min
Dec 24, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and 1 more61 min
Dec 24, 8:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee27 min
Dec 24, 8:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee50 min
Dec 24, 9:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee57 min
Dec 24, 9:13 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop47 min
Dec 24, 9:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette, Gonzales45 min
Dec 24, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop28 min
Dec 24, 9:26 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Lee4 hr
Dec 24, 9:28 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales4 hr
Dec 24, 9:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales, Karnes, Wilson68 min
Dec 24, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee60 min
Dec 24, 10:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop, Caldwell55 min
Dec 24, 10:06 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGonzales3 hr
Dec 24, 10:08 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGonzales, Karnes, Wilson3 hr
Dec 24, 10:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette67 min
Dec 24, 10:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales51 min
Dec 24, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette63 min
Dec 24, 10:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales, Lavaca62 min
Dec 24, 10:32 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXFayette28 min
Dec 24, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes63 min
Dec 24, 11:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes65 min
Dec 24, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca63 min
Dec 24, 11:31 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca29 min
Dec 24, 11:52 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilson38 min
Dec 24, 11:53 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXLee3 hr
Dec 24, 11:54 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFayette3 hr
Dec 24, 11:55 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGonzales, Lavaca3 hr
Dec 25, 12:01 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson3 hr
Dec 25, 12:11 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop34 min
Dec 25, 12:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca61 min
Dec 25, 12:25 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKarnes50 min
Dec 25, 1:25 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt50 min
Dec 25, 2:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKarnes16 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.