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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1986, 6:11 PM CDT for Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1986, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1986, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Goliad 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 2210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 252311 TORVCT TXC175-260015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 611 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF TEXAS...GOLIAD AT 610 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 3WNW OF NAS GOLIAD MOVING TOWARD THE SE AT 15 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG DAMAGIN4G WIND AND POSSIBLE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 1:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 145 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1986 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON... DURING THE PAST HOUR..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS HAVE BEEN PICKING UP DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY FROM ROCKSPRINGS TO JUNCTION..AND NEAR CANYON LAKE..JUST NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO. REPORTS FROM NEAR CANYON LAKE INDICATED WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE INDICATED FROM BASTROP TO CORPUS CHRISTI AND VICTORIA. CONDITIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND ADJOINING AREAS. DEEP GULF MOISTURE..WHICH HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA..AND A DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP LATE TODAY. SKIES OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND AROUND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE TEMPERATURE RISING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S..RAPID DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED. PLEASE MONITOR RADIO TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS WHICH COULD CAPSIZE BOATS. VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AND COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODS ON SMALL STREAMS. IF WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP..FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND ADJOINING AREAS.
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 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 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lampasas, Mills | 55 min |
| 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 |
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.