Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 1986, 5:36 PM CST for Gonzales County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 1986, 5:36 PM CST (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 1986, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gonzales 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 242336 SVRSAT TXC177-250045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 536 PM CST MON NOV 24 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...GONZALES AT 535 PM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO GONZALES COUNTY FROM KARNES COUNTY. THE STORM WAS JUST ENTERING THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF GONZALES COUNTY. THIS SAME STORM HAD PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AT 520 PM CST NEAR KARNES CITY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. 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 AGENCFY 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, Nov 24, 2:48 PM CST, 2 hours 48 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, 29 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 SHOUL D 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 5:24 PM CST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 520 PM CST MON NOV 24 1986 AT 515 PM CST OUR LOCAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL MOVING ACROSS THE COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED WITH THESE SAME STORMS AS THEY MOVED ACROSS GONZALES COUNTY AND HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN KARNES COUNTY. 4 THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 4:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 56 min |
| Nov 24, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 67 min |
| Nov 24, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 55 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.