Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 4:05 AM CDT for McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County McMullen County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 180906 SVRSAT TXC311-180945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 405 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MCMULLEN COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR NEAR TILDEN. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED 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.
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, 10:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 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, 5 hours 21 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, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes | 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 |
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.