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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 7, 2026Guadalupe County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2026, 6:54 PM CST for Guadalupe County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
Mar 7, 2026, 6:54 PM CST (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2026, 7:47 PM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Guadalupe County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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
Mar 7, 3:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2026-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1719 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 2026-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1719 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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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 Mar 7, 5:52 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 5:52 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:43 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
443 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026

TXZ193-208-072330-
Caldwell TX-Bastrop TX-
443 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Caldwell and
southwestern Bastrop Counties through 530 PM CST...

At 443 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lockhart, 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...
Lockhart, Mustang Ridge, Niederwald, Cedar Creek, Wyldwood, Rockne,
Watterson, Red Rock, Lytton Springs, Dale, St John Colony, Bateman,
Mendoza, and Taylorsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for
south central Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 2976 9763 2987 9779 3007 9765 3018 9752
      3005 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 217DEG 18KT 2988 9766

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

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Local storm report, Mar 7, 4:59 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
459 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026

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

0421 PM     Hail             5 W Lake Medina Shores  29.64N 99.07W
03/07/2026  M1.00 Inch       Bandera            TX   Storm Chaser

            Quarter sized hail reported along Highway
            173, 6 miles south of Bandera.

&&

MO
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 5:29 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
529 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026

TXZ193-080015-
Bastrop TX-
529 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Bastrop
County through 615 PM CST...

At 529 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cedar Creek, or 11 miles southwest of Bastrop, moving northeast at 20
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...
Bastrop, Smithville, Circle D-KC Estates, Camp Swift, Cedar Creek,
Wyldwood, Upton, Phelan, Bastrop State Park, Hills Prairie, Rockne,
Watterson, Alum Creek, Red Rock, Buescher State Park, and Bateman.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for
south central Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 3005 9707 2990 9746 2992 9748 3003 9757
      3024 9729
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 237DEG 17KT 3000 9745

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

Tran
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 5:47 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:29 PM CST, 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 6:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal31 min
Mar 7, 6:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGuadalupe48 min
Mar 8, 4:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit35 min
Mar 8, 6:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit39 min
Mar 8, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio46 min
Mar 8, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilson42 min
Mar 8, 6:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar46 min
Mar 8, 7:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe18 min
Mar 8, 7:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar3 hr
Mar 8, 7:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGuadalupe49 min
Mar 8, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGuadalupe45 min
Mar 8, 8:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGuadalupe114 min
Mar 8, 8:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGuadalupe40 min
Mar 8, 9:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales50 min
Mar 8, 9:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFrio, Zavala3 hr
Mar 8, 10:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa49 min
Mar 8, 11:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Frio4 hr
Mar 8, 11:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Gonzales3 hr
Mar 8, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina34 min
Mar 8, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina27 min
Mar 8, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKendall40 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.