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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 12, 1986Gonzales County, Wilson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1986, 4:40 PM CST for Gonzales County, Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 1986, 4:40 PM CST (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 1986, 5:40 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gonzales County, TX, Wilson 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

Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Victoria Regiona, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 671 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, Victoria Regiona, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-255 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 122240 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC177-493-122340-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
440 PM CST SAT APR 12 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 540 PM CST FOR PERSONS IN WILSON AND GONZALES COUTIES
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

AT 440 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN WILSON
COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

LARGE SHAIL..DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS..FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..
AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM IN THE NEXT HOUR.

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 12, 4:15 PM CST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
415 PM CST SAT APR 12 1986

AT 410 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HONDO..TEXAS INDICATED
A THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES EAST OF SAN ANTONIO NEAR LA VERNIA MOVING
TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN PARTS OF GUADALUPE COUNTY AND
NORTHERN PARTS OF WILSON COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR.

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..G1USTY WINDS..AND POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 4:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt60 min
Apr 12, 4:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes55 min
Apr 12, 5:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Goliad70 min

Nearby

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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.