Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 1995, 4:05 PM CST for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 1995, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 1995, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Victoria County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 325 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 718 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 122212 RRA SVRVCT TXC469-122245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...RETRANSMITTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 405 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...VICTORIA COUNTY AT 4 PM CST VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. THE STORM EXTENDED FROM NEAR NURSERY TO DOWN TOWN VICTORIA. THE STORM WILL LIKELY CAUSE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATER CONDITIONS.
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, Jan 12, 2:44 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
TXZ155-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-121445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 245 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THIS AREA INCLUDES TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUNDING TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL UNTIL 3;15 PM DURING THE PAST HOUR THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN LEE COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF LEXINGTON. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THRU CENTRAL TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CALDWELL AND BASTROP COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH TOWARD LEE COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
TXZ155-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-121445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTING LINE 4. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 245 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THIS AREA INCLUDES TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUNDING TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL UNTIL 3:15 PM COUNTIES. DURING THE PAST HOUR THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN LEE COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF LEXINGTON. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THRU CENTRAL TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CALDWELL AND BASTROP COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH TOWARD LEE COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 2:49 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ155-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-121445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTING LINE 4. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 245 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THIS AREA INCLUDES TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUNDING TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL UNTIL 3:15 PM COUNTIES. DURING THE PAST HOUR THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN LEE COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF LEXINGTON. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THRU CENTRAL TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CALDWELL AND BASTROP COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH TOWARD LEE COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 2:51 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ155-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-121445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTING LINE 4. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 245 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THIS AREA INCLUDES TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES. TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL UNTIL 3:15 PM DURING THE PAST HOUR THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN LEE COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF LEXINGTON. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THRU CENTRAL TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CALDWELL AND BASTROP COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH TOWARD LEE COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 3:36 PM CST, 29 minutes before
TXZ155-171>173-188-190>194-208-209-122240- SAME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 336 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 330 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM BOERNE TO FORT WORTH AND FROM CORPUS CHRISTI TO COLLEGE STATION. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE REGION. THESE STORMS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED HAIL. STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SECURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. TSCHIRHART
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 3:37 PM CST, 28 minutes before
TXZ155-171>173-188-190>194-208-209-122240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 337 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 330 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM BOERNE TO FORT WORTH AND FROM CORPUS CHRISTI TO COLLEGE STATION. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE REGION. THESE STORMS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED HAIL. STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SECURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. TSCHIRHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 1:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 31 min |
| Jan 12, 1:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 50 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.