Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1995, 3:56 AM CDT for Atascosa County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1995, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1995, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Atascosa County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 270858 SVRSAT TXC013-271000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 356 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...ATASCOSA COUNTY AT 355 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL ALONG THE FRIO..ATASCOSA COUNTY LINE JUST WEST OF CHARLOTTE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 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 27, 12:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ171-172-183>190-202>205-217>219-228-270600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1210 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 200 AM FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS... AT 1205 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM DEL RIO NORTH TO MASON AND LLANO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR NEAR DEL RIO AND IN WESTERN REAL COUNTY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 2:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TXZ171-172-185>190-202>205-217>219-228-270800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 205 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS EXPIRED AT 2OO AM... AT 200 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR CARRIZO SPRINGS TO BATESVILLE TO BANDERA STONEWALL. WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING FROM BANDERA TO KERRVILLE AND SOUTHEAST OF UVALDE. THESE AREAS WERE RECEIVING UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR MAVERICK...UVALDE...REAL...BANDERA...KERR AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE COVER AS THE STORMS APROACH. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOLD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUN~D AS THE RAIN INCREASES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 2:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ171-172-186>192-203>206-218-219-228-229-270845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 252 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MARCHING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 245 AM A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM CARRIZO SPRINGS NORTH TO CENTER POINT AND STONEWALL. THE LEADING EDGE WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN FRIO...CENTRAL MEDINA AND CENTRAL KENDALL COUNTIES. REPORTS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM NORTHERN MEDINA COUNTY OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR. GUSTY WINDS WERE ALSO REPORTED. THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BRING THE STORMS INTO THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA BY 315 AM AND INTO THE AUSTIN AREA BY AROUND 400 AM. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL... UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER AN HOURS TIME... AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 OR 40 MPH AS THE STORMS PASS OVER. THE STORMINESS SHOULD LAST LESS THAN 1 HOUR IN ANY GIVEN SPOT. MINOR STREET FLOODING SHOULD BE THE ONLY PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 3:54 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
TXZ171>173-186>192-204>208-219>221-229-230-270945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 350 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MARCHING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 345 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINE TO MARCH EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM COTULLA NORTH TO MASON AND AUSTIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE WHICH EXTENDED FROM COTULLA TO SAN ANTONIO TO JUST WEST OF AUSTIN. SAMLL AHIL HAD BEEN REPORTED JUST NORTHEAST OF SAN ANTONIO AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WERE RECORDED AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SAN ANTONIO ABOUT 330 AM. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BRING THE STORMS THROUGH AUSTIN BY 415 AM. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL... UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER AN HOURS TIME... AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 OR 40 zMPH AS THE STORMS PASS OVER. THE STORMINESS SHOULD LAST LESS THAN 1 HOUR IN ANY GIVEN SPOT. MINOR STREET FLOODING SHOULD BE THE ONLY PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.