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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 13, 1993Blanco County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 1993, 4:49 AM CDT for Blanco County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 1993, 4:49 AM CDT (09:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 1993, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Blanco County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1658 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1658 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
306 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
10.5

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The text

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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, Oct 13, 2:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie55 min
Oct 12, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGoliad, Victoria63 min
Oct 12, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales67 min
Oct 12, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXGillespie59 min
Oct 12, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr67 min
Oct 12, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar79 min
Oct 12, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVictoria48 min
Oct 12, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKendall57 min
Oct 12, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVictoria61 min
Oct 13, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar117 min
Oct 13, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall56 min
Oct 13, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXLlano60 min
Oct 13, 12:21 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXLampasas34 min
Oct 13, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco46 min
Oct 13, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar65 min
Oct 13, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXSan Saba41 min
Oct 13, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Llano46 min
Oct 13, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco53 min
Oct 13, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal64 min
Oct 13, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Kendall58 min
Oct 13, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee44 min
Oct 13, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar60 min
Oct 13, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes, Wilson65 min
Oct 13, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa47 min
Oct 13, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde55 min

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.