NWS Austin/San Antonio TXSV.W 0162August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Travis, TX
The National Weather Service office in Austin/San Antonio issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Travis in Texas, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 162nd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Austin/San Antonio issued in 2026. Texas had 113 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 110 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Texas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 35 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Austin/San Antonio TX
- Area
- Travis
- State
- Texas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:55 p.m. CDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. CDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KEWX SV.W 0162
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVREWX The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Travis County in south central Texas... * Until 530 PM CDT. * At 455 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mansfield Dam, or 8 miles northwest of Austin, moving southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Austin, Cedar Park, Anderson Mill, Lakeway, Lago Vista, Bee Cave, West Lake Hills, Hudson Bend, The Hills, Rollingwood, Barton Creek, Mansfield Dam, Onion Creek, Jonestown, Point Venture, Sunset Valley, Volente, Camp Mabry, and Lost Creek.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas since 20082,144 a year
- Every warning type in Texas
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
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- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels