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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 11, 1995Fayette County, Gonzales County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 11:50 AM CDT for Fayette County, Gonzales County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 1995, 11:50 AM CDT (16:50 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1995, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 1995-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3033 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
3033 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
12.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 111657 COR
SVRSAT
TXC149-177-111745-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1150 AM CDT THU MAY 11 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

   ...FAYETTE COUNTY...GONZALES COUNTY

AT 1145 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ON THE GONZALES-FAYETTE COUNTY LINE.  MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS SHOULD TAKE THE STORM NEAR LAGRANGE.
HAIL IS INDICATED WITH THIS STORM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH.  THESE WINDS
BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES...
SOMETIMES BUILDINGS.  VERY LARGE HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT
OUTSIDE.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

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, May 11, 11:11 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
TXZ205>208-223-111800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1105 AM CDT THU MAY 11 1995

AT 11 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM THE SAN ANTONIO AREA TO NEW
BRAUNFELS TO SEGUIN.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
JUST TO THE WEST OF NEW BRAUNFELS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROU$S LIGHTNING AND SMALL
HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde55 min
May 10, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde37 min
May 10, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde50 min
May 10, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards54 min
May 11, 11:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe67 min
May 11, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Hays67 min
May 11, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano, Williamson70 min
May 11, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Fayette, Gonzales55 min
May 11, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis63 min
May 11, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson63 min
May 11, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop67 min
May 11, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee62 min
May 11, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette35 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.