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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 24, 1986Lampasas County, Mills County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1986, 8:20 PM CDT for Lampasas County, Mills County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1986, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lampasas County, TX, Mills 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

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1818 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
10.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAUS 250120
SVRAUS
TXC281-333-250215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
820 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

TEXAS...LAMPASAS AND MILLS

AT 820  PM CDT RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
ONE MOVING INTO NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY AND ONE MOVING INTO
NORTHERN LAMPASAS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

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 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 FOR
LATER STATEMENTS REGACRDING 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 24, 5:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
525 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM THIS
SATURDAY NIGHT.. ALL THE WAY FROM THE NEW MEXICO BORDER INTO
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL
TEXAS.. NAMELY BURNET  LAMPASAS  MILLS AND SAN-SABA.

OUR LOCAL WEATHER RADAR IN AUSTIN SHOWS VERY HEAVY TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS BUT NOTHING
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABILENE TO PALESTINE. CLOSEST THUNDER
STORMS ARE SOME 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF WACO.
Special weather statement, May 24, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
715 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM THIS
SATURDAY NIGHT.. ALL THE WAY FROM THE NEW MEXICO BORDER INTO
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL
TEXAS.. NAMELY BURNET  LAMPASAS  MILLS AND SAN-SABA.

A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 1100 PM ALSO.
THIS NEW WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL TEXAS.. WILLIAMSON   BURLESON AND MILAM COUNTIES.

OUR LOCAL WEATHER RADAR IN AUSTIN SHOWS VERY HEAVY TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS.. BUT
NOTHING AROUND OUR IMMEDIATE AUSTIN AREA. CLOSEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE WEST OF STEPHENVILLE.. SOUTH OF PALESTINE AND NEAR HUNTSVILLE.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 5:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde60 min
May 25, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde60 min
May 25, 4:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar4 hr
May 25, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXGoliad64 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.