Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2024
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2024, 2:55 PM CDT for Guadalupe County, Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2024, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2024, 3:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Guadalupe County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 2261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 17.8
The text
As transmitted.
145
WUUS54 KEWX 151955
SVREWX
TXC187-493-152100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0021.240315T1955Z-240315T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
255 PM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Guadalupe County in south central Texas...
Northeastern Wilson County in south central Texas...
* Until 400 PM CDT.
* At 255 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over La Vernia, or
13 miles northwest of Stockdale, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
St. Hedwig, La Vernia, and New Berlin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2939 9783 2935 9786 2935 9785 2931 9787
2929 9825 2934 9822 2944 9814 2945 9812
2946 9812 2954 9786 2944 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 251DEG 15KT 2935 9814
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
292 follow-up statements
550
WWUS54 KEWX 152013
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
313 PM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024
TXC187-493-152100-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240315T2100Z/
Guadalupe TX-Wilson TX-
313 PM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GUADALUPE AND NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES...
At 313 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of La
Vernia, or 11 miles north of Stockdale, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
La Vernia and New Berlin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2939 9783 2935 9786 2935 9785 2931 9787
2930 9813 2935 9812 2946 9812 2954 9786
2944 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 252DEG 23KT 2940 9798
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
29614
WWUS54 KEWX 152026
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
326 PM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024
TXC187-493-152036-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240315T2100Z/
Guadalupe TX-Wilson TX-
326 PM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GUADALUPE AND
NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
south central Texas.
LAT...LON 2939 9783 2935 9786 2935 9785 2931 9787
2930 9813 2935 9812 2946 9812 2954 9786
2944 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 251DEG 15KT 2942 9792
$$
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 6:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 7:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 22 min |
| Mar 15, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 65 min |
| Mar 15, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Lavaca | 61 min |
| Mar 15, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 56 min |
| Mar 15, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 17 min |
| Mar 15, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 5:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 49 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.