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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 27, 1987Burleson County, Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1987, 2:30 PM CDT for Burleson County, Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1987, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1987, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burleson 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 1987-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1588 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1987-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1588 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAUS 271930
SVRAUS
TXC051-287-272030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
230 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

TEXAS...SOUTHWEST BURLESON AND NORTHEAST LEE

AT 610 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY
21 ON THE COUNTIE LINE OF LEE AND BURLESON MOVING SLOWLY NORTH
THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ALONG WITH LOCAL HEAVY RAIN.

THIS STORM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..HAIL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

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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.