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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 30, 1995Calhoun County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1995, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Calhoun County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1176 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
1176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KVCT 301102
SVRVCT
TXC057-301200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
600 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...CALHOUN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAVACA BAY
 
AT 555 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA NEAR PLACEDO. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED.
 
PERSONS IN PORT LAVACA...SEA DRIFT AND POINT COMFORT SHOULD TAKE
SHELTER FROM THIS STORM.  MARINERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano61 min
May 29, 9:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Llano105 min
May 29, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano105 min
May 29, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet104 min
May 29, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards64 min
May 29, 10:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr3 hr
May 29, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr3 hr
May 29, 11:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson4 hr
May 30, 12:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr2 hr
May 30, 12:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco3 hr
May 30, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales43 min
May 30, 5:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVictoria48 min
May 30, 6:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal2 hr
May 30, 7:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde66 min

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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.