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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 24, 1988Guadalupe County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 1988, 4:36 PM CDT for Guadalupe County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 1988, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 1988, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Guadalupe 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 1988-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1078 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 1988-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
1078 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 242138
TORSAT
TXC187-242230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
436 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
          ...GUADALUPE
 
THE GUADALUPE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS A TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN ABOUT 435 PM THIS AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTY. THE
TORNADO WAS SMALL BUT WAS PICKING UP DEBRIS MEANING THAT DAMAGE WAS
BEING CAUSED.
 
THIS TORNADO IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR A
CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE PLOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.

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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.