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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1986, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Webb 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2054 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 260216 COR SVRSAT TXC479-260315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 915 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF TEXAS...SOUTHERN WEBB AT 910 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF BRUNI IN SOUTHEAST WEBB COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT AROUND 15 MPH. HOWEVER..AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS BUILDING TO THE WEST OVER SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY. THEREFORE PERSONS IN THE LAREDO AREA SHOULD BE ALERT SHOULD THESE THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING TO THE WEST. FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THIS STORM. IN ADDITION..LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING OFTEN ACCOMPANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. 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 STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.
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 25, 3:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 355 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN BEXAR COUNTY... HONDO RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN BEXAR COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES. AT THIS RATE OF MOVEMENT..THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER MUCH OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITHIN THE HOUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..POSSIBLE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS..INCLUDING BEXAR COUNTY..IS UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THIS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAINFALL CAN FLOOD UNDERPASSES..LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THEREFORE MOTORISTS ESPECIALLY ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION SHOULD DRIVING BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR OTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNIsNGS WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 62 min |
| May 26, 5:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 4 hr |
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.