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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 24, 1986Karnes County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 1986, 5:23 PM CST for Karnes County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 1986, 5:23 PM CST (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 1986, 6:30 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Karnes 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1986-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1986-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 243 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
386 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 242323
SVRSAT
TXC255-250030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
523 PM CST MON NOV 24 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...KARNES

AT 520 PM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS NEAR KARNES CITY IN KARNES COUNTY.  THE
STORM WAS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  DRIVING
CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND THE STORM WERE REPORTED TO BE VERY BAD.

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 LOCA3L 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

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, Nov 24, 2:48 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
248 PM CST MON NOV 24 1986

AT 245 PM CST RADAR SHOWS RAIN...ALONG WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEL RIO TO LOMA ALTA TO SONORA. ANOTHER
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WEST OF
COMSTOCK TO OZONA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LIGHTNING HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE STORMS. BOATERS ON LAKE
AMISTAD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE
THUN!DERSTORMS HAVE PASSED.

STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 5:07 PM CST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
506 PM CST MON NOV 24 1986

AT 455 PM CST RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS
WERE SOUTHWEST OF COMSTOCK AND EXTENDED NORTHEAST TO
SONORA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND THE TEMPERATURE FALLING INTO THE 30S TONIGHT
WILL PRODUCE STRESS ON LIVESTOCK AND PETS. SMALL AND YOUNG ANIMALS
WILL NEED SPECIAL CARE AND SHELTER...LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE GIVEN EXTRA
FEED AND SHELTER.

LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE AMISTAD
TONIGHT.

STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 4:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales56 min
Nov 24, 5:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Fayette55 min
Nov 24, 5:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales69 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.