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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 15, 1986Burleson County, Milam County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Victoria Regiona, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1571 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 1986-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde73 min
May 14, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXSan Saba64 min
May 15, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop66 min
May 15, 8:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee66 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.