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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1986, 11:16 AM CDT for Burleson County, Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1986, 11:16 AM CDT (16:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1986, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burleson County, TX, Milam 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 6:09 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes 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, 4 hours 11 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.
Special weather statement, May 15, 10:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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</html>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, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 66 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.