Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1986, 4:50 AM CST for Frio County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 1986, 4:50 AM CST (10:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1986, 5:40 AM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Frio County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 584 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 041051 COR
SVRSAT
TXC163-041140-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
450 AM CST FRI APR 4 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 540 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...FRIO
AT 445 AM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN NORTHWEST
FRIO COUNTY JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF PEARSALL. THE PUBLIC
REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CONTINUE PRODUCING DAMAGE FROM THE
WINDS AND HAIL AS IT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE COUNTY AT NEAR
35 MILES AN HOUR.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY. YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FO{R
LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE.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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 10:50 PM CST, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1050 PM CST THU APR 3 1986 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 1045 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. THE THE EDGE OF THE LINE CLOSEST TO DEL RIO WAS 22 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN DEL RIO AQND VAL VERDE COUNTY CAN ANTICIPATE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 11:19 PM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1115 PM CST THU APR 4 1986 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING EASTWARD THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 1110 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF JUNCTION SOUTHWEST INTO OLD MEXICO WEST OF DEL RIO. A SINGLE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE MONITORED CLOSoELY AND ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 12:17 AM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1216 AM CST FRI APR 4 1986 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE EASTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1210 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR BLANCO SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR DEL RIO. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE INDICATED FROM JUST NORTH OF JUNCTION SOUTHWESTWARD INTO VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF SMALL HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS AND CAMPERS IN THE AREA ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR A SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:24 AM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 124 AM CST FRI APR 4 1986 AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY HEAVY..WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AT 115 AM FROM JUNCTION TO BLANCO..SOUTHWEST TO UVALDE..WEST TO DEL RIO AND BACK TO JUNCTION. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH..AND ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THIS TIME..SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY IN THE STORMS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AS VISIBILITY MAY BE VERY POOR IN AND AROUND THE HEAVIER STORMS. ROADS AND STREETS MAY ALSO BE VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 2:22 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 220 AM CST FRI APR 4 1986 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AT 215 AM ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR. THE ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR BLANCO TO HONDO TO DEL RIO AND NORTHWARD TO JUNCTION. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED JUST WEST OF HONDO AND NORTHWEST OF THE CITG OF UVALDE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF UVALDE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY..BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SO FAR..NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE..BUT OBSERVERS HAVE BEEN REPORTING A GREAT AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 3:30 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 328 AM CST FRI APR 4 1986 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 320 AM INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WEST OF A LINE FROM AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO TO COTULLA. THE HEAVIEST STORM HAD JUST MOVED PAST THE CITY OF UVALDE..WHERE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED. THE TOWN OF KNIPPA IN UVALDE COUNTY REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT 320 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO RAIN HAS YET BEEN REPORTED IN THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO AREA.. LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA AND RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO BEGIN SOON. ALTHOU[GH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THESE STORMS..THEY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAS ALSO BEEN INDICATED IN THE STORMS.
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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.