Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 12:55 AM CDT for DeWitt County, Gonzales County, Karnes County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeWitt County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 2999 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 180601 SVRSAT TXC123-177-255-180700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1255 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...DEWITT COUNTY...SOUTHERN GONZALES COUNTY...KARNES COUNTY AT 1255 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OUT OF EASTERN WILSON COUNTY INTO KARNES COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THIS STORM AS IT MOVED ACROSS WILSON COUNTY WITHIN THE PAST HALF HOUR. 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 STO>RM 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 17, 7:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ171>173-190>194-180300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 745 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 740 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BURNET TO GEORGETOWN AND THEN EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO THE WACO AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF GEORGETOWN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 17, 8:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ171>173-190>194-180400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 845 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING TRAVIS...BASTROP...LEE...BLANCO AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 840 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM BURNET TO JUST WEST OF AUSTIN TO GEORGETOWN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF AUSTIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 17, 10:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ171>173-190>194-180500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1010 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1005 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM JOHNSON CITY TO AUSTIN TO GEORGETOWN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY nDOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 17, 10:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ203>205-219-220-180500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1043 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 AT 1040 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM HONDO TO PEARSALL. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF HONDO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO BEXAR COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND PO~SSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 60 min |
| May 17, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 64 min |
| May 18, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 56 min |
| May 18, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 65 min |
| May 18, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 47 min |
| May 18, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 54 min |
| May 18, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes, Wilson | 66 min |
| May 18, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | McMullen | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.