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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 22, 2025Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2025, 11:21 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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 22, 2025, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2025, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Edwards County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 00:00Z on 2025-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1379 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 00:00Z on 2025-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
1379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 22, 10:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 10:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 8:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
848 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

TXZ173-230215-
Williamson TX-
848 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Williamson County through 915 PM CDT...

At 848 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Taylor, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny 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...
Granger, Laneport, Taylor, Hoxie, Waterloo, Sandoval, Hare, and
Granger Dam.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3074 9727 3066 9724 3066 9725 3053 9738
      3058 9751 3079 9741
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 204DEG 17KT 3062 9739

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Local storm report, Apr 22, 8:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
853 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0842 PM     Hail             3 SW Weir               30.64N 97.63W
04/22/2025  E1.50 Inch       Williamson         TX   Public

&&
Local storm report, Apr 22, 8:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 9:21 PM CDT, 2 hours before
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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 10:27 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 10:51 PM CDT, 30 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 22, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis41 min
Apr 22, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis46 min
Apr 22, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson36 min
Apr 22, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson52 min
Apr 22, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson23 min
Apr 22, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson27 min
Apr 22, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson34 min
Apr 22, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson24 min
Apr 22, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit39 min
Apr 22, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Maverick39 min
Apr 22, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit33 min
Apr 22, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards39 min
Apr 23, 12:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKerr, Real54 min
Apr 23, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXReal48 min
Apr 23, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde38 min
Apr 23, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Real, Uvalde65 min
Apr 23, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Real45 min
Apr 23, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde49 min
Apr 23, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde43 min
Apr 23, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Llano45 min
Apr 23, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatEWXFrio, Uvalde, Zavala64 min
Apr 23, 2:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and 4 more49 min
Apr 23, 3:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio48 min
Apr 23, 3:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa, Frio65 min
Apr 23, 4:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio31 min
Apr 23, 7:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFayette3 hr

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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.