Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1995, 11:44 PM CDT for Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1995, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1995, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maverick County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 3305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 240445 SVRSAT TXC323-240545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1144 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MAVERICK COUNTY AT 1143 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN MAVERICK COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING HIGH WINDS..HEAVY RAINS..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
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 23, 8:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ183-184-202-217-240200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 802 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EDWARDS PLATEAU UNTIL 2 AM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. AT 800 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY IN THE LAST 15 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE RIVER TOWARD LANGTRY AND DEL RIO AT SPEEDS OF 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE CITIES OF LANGTRY AND DEL RIO IN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 2 AM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS VAL VERDE COUNTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCT HAIL...HIGH WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.
Special weather statement, May 23, 11:42 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
TXZ171>172-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 420 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE AND EDWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AT 415 PM CDT PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MEXICO...15 TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE AMISTAD. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE CROSSING THE RIO GRANDE RIVER INTO VAL VERDE COUNTY BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. PERSONS AND BOATERS IN THE LAKE AMISTAD AREA SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS THE STORMS APPROACH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTY. ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. RESIDIENTS OF THESE COUNTIES NEED TO BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, May 23, 11:43 PM CDT, 1 minute before
TXZ183-184-202-217-240530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1132 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995 ...TORNADO WARNINGS FOR VAL VERDE AND KINNEY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EDWARDS PLATEAU UNTIL 2 AM... THE TORNADO WARNINGS ISSUED FOR VAL VERDE AND KINNEY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED. AT 1115 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF VAL VERDE COUNTY INTO EDWARDS..KINNEY..AND MAVERICK COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN KINNEY COUNTY NEAR BRACKETVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM REAL COUNTY TO NEAR FREDERICKSBURG. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF DEL RIO NEAR THE JAIL. WIND GUSTS TO 62 MPH WERE REPORTED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AS THE STORMS MOVED ACROSS THE CITY. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 2 AM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 23, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 64 min |
| May 23, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 23, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 69 min |
| May 23, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 68 min |
| May 23, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 47 min |
| May 23, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 64 min |
| May 24, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 63 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.