Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1986, 8:09 AM CDT for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1986, 8:09 AM CDT (13:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1986, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1571 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 466 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 KAUS 151309 SVRAUS TXC287-151415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 809 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF TEXAS...LEE AT 810 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN THE EASTERN CORNER OF BASTROP COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LEE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE CITY OF GIDDINGS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY AND YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEABREST 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 FOR 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, May 15, 3:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 315 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. AT 315 AM THIS MORNING THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ROCKSPRINGS..THROUGH NORTHERN REAL COUNTY..INTO NORTHERN KERR COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAUSING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS.. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERS ATASCOSA..WILSON AND GONZALES COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND MAY BE CAUSING LOW WATER CROSSINGS TO FLOOD IN THESE COUNTIES. MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH ATASCOSA..WILSON AND GONZALES COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. < THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING ABOUT SUNRISE.
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 4 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986 JUST BEFORE 4 AM RADAR IDICATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER GILLESPIE BLANCO WILLIAMSON AND HAYS COUNTIES MOVING EASTWARD AT NEAR 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS..BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD FOR THE NEXT HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE CITY OF AUSTIN NEAR 5AM. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AT LOW LYING AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING.
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 5 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986 ...AT 5 AM THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE AUSTIN AREA.. AND MORE ARE ON THE WAY... RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS FROM SOUTH OF TEMPLE TO SAN MARCOS AND WEST TO FREDERICKSBURG. HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM LAKE TRAVIS TO NEAR SAN MARCOS AND ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY EMS IN ELGIN.. BUT DUE TO THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AT LOW LYING AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING.
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 510 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF SAN ANTONIO AT 510 AM THIS MORNING MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN BANDERA..KENDALL..KERR.. AND COMAL COUNTIES AFT 510 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAUSING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS.. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LOW WATER CROSSINGS COULD BE FLOODED WHERE HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN.. THEREFORE MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WILL REMAIN SLIPPERY FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS CAUSING ANOTHER HAZARD TO DRIVING.
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:09 AM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 610 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986 AT 610 AM RADAR SHOWS HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS FROM SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN TO LAKE TRAVIS.. JOHNSON CITY AND SOUTH TO BLANCO. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM TAYLOR AND ELGIN TO SMITHVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT HAS TOTALED .37 INCH THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL .11 INCH FELL LAST NIGHT FOR A 12 HOUR TOTAL OF NEARLY 1/2 INCH (.48). MORE THUNDER SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 630 AND 800 AM THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHERE HeEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING.
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 700 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986 AT 700 AM RADAR SHOWS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREA. HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM ELGIN TO AUSTIN TO KYLE.. AND OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE COLLEGE STATION AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT HAS TOTALED 1.22 SINCE MIDNIGHT. PEA SIZE HAIL WA>S REPORTED AT CEDAR PARK. AND MOTHBALL HAIL AT BEE CAVE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OUT OF THE AUSTIN AREA BY 8 AM THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND AT LOW AREAS IN THE URBAN AREAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 73 min |
| May 14, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | San Saba | 64 min |
| May 15, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 66 min |
| May 15, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burleson, Milam | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.