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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 9, 2024Burnet County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2024, 6:05 PM CDT for Burnet County, 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
Apr 9, 2024, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Burnet County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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
Apr 9, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2024-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 287 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2024-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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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 Apr 9, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 3:13 AM CDT, 14 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
313 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-100815-
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-
313 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today And Tonight.

Rounds of scattered strong to severe storms will be possible
today and tonight across central and eastern half of South-Central
Texas. All modes of severe weather are possible, including a risk
of isolated tornadoes. However, large to very large hail will
remain the greatest hazard. Locally heavy rainfall with stronger
or training thunderstorms could lead to isolated flooding as well.

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

Strong northwesterly winds following in the wake of a cold front
on Wednesday could lead to gusts up to 40 mph and a possible Wind
Advisory across portions of South-Central Texas.

Critical fire weather conditions could develop Wednesday afternoon
as well out west due to the combination of strong northwesterly
winds and low humidity pending area rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to utilize social media outlets to report
severe weather.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 9, 5:15 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 9, 5:31 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt, Lavaca45 min
Apr 9, 7:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis, Williamson48 min
Apr 9, 7:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee46 min
Apr 9, 8:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson28 min
Apr 9, 9:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet36 min
Apr 9, 9:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet, Llano52 min
Apr 9, 9:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet55 min
Apr 9, 9:59 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson31 min
Apr 9, 10:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBurnet, Llano3 hr
Apr 9, 10:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson47 min
Apr 9, 10:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBurnet, Williamson3 hr
Apr 9, 1:40 PM CDTRed Flag WarningEWXDimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde and 2 more8 hr
Apr 9, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis43 min
Apr 9, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis66 min
Apr 9, 4:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXTravis3 hr
Apr 9, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis38 min
Apr 9, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Travis, Williamson65 min
Apr 9, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano53 min
Apr 9, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson48 min
Apr 9, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis47 min
Apr 9, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLlano43 min
Apr 9, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet38 min
Apr 9, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano54 min
Apr 9, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson61 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.