Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 25, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 25, 4:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 4 hr |
| May 25, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Goliad | 64 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.