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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 266, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 24, 2025Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2025, 7:08 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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: Oct 24, 2025, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2025, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 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 00:11 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1699 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 6.7

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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 Oct 24, 6:44 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 6:44 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
553 PM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025

TXZ183-242345-
Val Verde TX-
553 PM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Val Verde
County through 645 PM CDT...

At 552 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Langtry, moving east at 45 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...
Langtry, Juno, Shumla, Bakers Crossing, and Devils River State Nat
Area Del Norte.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3018 10109 2982 10089 2971 10139 2975 10142
      2977 10140 2975 10144 2978 10145 2979 10147
      2976 10154 2981 10154 2980 10157 2977 10158
      2977 10163 2976 10164 2977 10166 2976 10168
      2982 10172
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 249DEG 38KT 2979 10158

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CP

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 7:01 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
701 PM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025

TXZ183-250045-
Val Verde TX-
701 PM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Val
Verde County through 745 PM CDT...

At 700 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northeast of Pumpville, or 13 miles north of Langtry, moving
northeast at 35 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...
Pandale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3029 10160 3029 10103 2984 10156 3002 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 211DEG 31KT 3000 10159

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	44 min
Oct 24, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	62 min
Oct 24, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards	56 min
Oct 24, 8:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
Oct 24, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	39 min
Oct 24, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde	54 min
Oct 24, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kerr	53 min
Oct 24, 9:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Burnet, Llano	3 hr
Oct 24, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde	59 min
Oct 24, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Kinney, Val Verde	62 min
Oct 24, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr	59 min
Oct 24, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera	50 min
Oct 24, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Kinney	45 min
Oct 24, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Guadalupe and 3 more	51 min
Oct 24, 11:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall	36 min
Oct 24, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Uvalde	49 min
Oct 25, 12:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde	3 hr
Oct 25, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	51 min
Oct 25, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis and 1 more	47 min
Oct 25, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis	49 min
Oct 25, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kinney, Val Verde	49 min
Oct 25, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, Frio, Gonzales, Wilson	45 min
Oct 25, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bastrop, Lee	42 min
Oct 25, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Fayette, Gonzales, Lee	50 min
Oct 25, 1:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Uvalde	48 min
Oct 25, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, DeWitt, Frio, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca	46 min
Oct 25, 1:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	47 min
Oct 25, 3:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde	3 hr
Oct 25, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson	40 min
Oct 25, 4:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, DeWitt, Karnes, Wilson	50 min
Oct 25, 5:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Medina	40 min
Oct 25, 5:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Medina, Uvalde	3 hr
Oct 25, 9:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Medina	40 min
Oct 25, 9:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Medina	50 min
Oct 25, 10:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Medina, Uvalde	119 min
Oct 25, 10:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Kendall, Kerr	18 min
Oct 25, 10:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kendall	46 min
Oct 25, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	31 min
Oct 25, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet, Llano	39 min
Oct 25, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet, Llano	38 min
Oct 25, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet, Llano, Williamson	47 min
Oct 25, 5:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Burnet, Llano, Williamson	3 hr
Oct 25, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	61 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.