Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 1986, 8:02 PM CST for Bastrop County, Fayette County, Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 1986, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 1986, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Lee County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 8:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lee, TX | |
| Nov 24, 8:15 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Lee, TX | |
| Nov 24, 8:15 PM CST | Hail 1.5 | Fayette, TX | |
| Nov 24, 8:30 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Fayette, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KAUS 250202
SVRAUS
TXC021-149-287-250300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
802 PM CST MON NOV 24 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
..BASTROP..FAYETTE..LEE
AT 805 PM CST AUSTIN WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH
HAIL INDICATED. THIS THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN FAYETTE
COUNTY TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BASTROP COUNTY AND WAS MOVING NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WIND ALONG WITH DAMAGING HAIL AS IT MOVES
THROUGH THESE WARNED COUNTIES.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVES TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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, 5 hours 14 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, 2 hours 55 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, 2 hours 38 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 6:29 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 630 PM CST MON NOV 24 1986 AT 625 PM CST OUR LOCAL WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WIND AND ALOT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL FROM THE HILL COUNTRY WEST OF AUSTIN ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN AUSTIN AND BRYAN/ COLLEGE STATION. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT OVER 30 MPH... BUT LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE WEST. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT WIMBERLY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS...LEE BURLESON BASTROP AND FAYETTE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BASTROP AND FAYETTE HAS EXPIRED.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 7:25 PM CST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 730 PM CST MON NOV 24 1986 AT 725 PM CST OUR LOCAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WIND AND SMALL TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE CORRIDOR FROM WACO... BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION SMITHVILLE AND LULING. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO LOCATED WEST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN... BOUNDED BY BROWNWOOD SEGUIN THREE RIVERS UVALDE AND BACK TO BROWNWOOD. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT OVER 30 MPH... BUT THE LARGE RAIN AREA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS...LEE BURLESON BASTROP AND FAYETTE.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 7:25 PM CST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 725 PM CST MON NOV 24 1986 AT 720 PM CST RADAR INDICATED THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF VAL VERDE COUNTY AND WERE LOCATED EAST OF A LINE FROM EAGLE PASS TO ROCKSPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE 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.
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.