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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 12, 1994Goliad County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1994, 1:20 PM CDT for Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 1994, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1994, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Goliad County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 307 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3241 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVictoria64 min
May 12, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa62 min
May 12, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio, McMullen58 min
May 12, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde, Zavala67 min
May 12, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio, La Salle69 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.