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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 5, 1991Jackson County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1991, 6:27 AM CST for Jackson County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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
Apr 5, 1991, 6:27 AM CST (12:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1991, 7:30 AM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, TX, Victoria County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 5, 6:40 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52Jackson, 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1991-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 999 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1991-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
999 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KVCT 051229
SVRVCT
TXC239-469-051330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
627 AM CST FRI APR 5 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY...EASTERN VICTORIA COUNTY
 
AT 625 AM CST AN AMATEUR RAINFALL OBSERVER REPORTED WINDS OF 71 MPH
IN THE WOODHI SUBDIVISION IN EASTERN VICTORIA COUNTY. THIS DANGEROUS
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO
JACKSON COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 5V5
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 4:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Apr 5, 5:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXVictoria118 min
Apr 5, 7:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Apr 5, 7:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCalhoun, Jackson63 min
Apr 5, 7:38 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXVictoria3 hr
Apr 5, 8:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXCalhoun3 hr
Apr 5, 10:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXVictoria2 hr
Apr 5, 11:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXCalhoun2 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.