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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 30, 1995Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1995, 7:09 AM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1995, 7:09 AM CDT (12:09 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1995, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Val Verde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1026 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 301213
SVRSAT
TXC465-301315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
709 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY
 
AT 710 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL ALONG THE VAL VERDE-TERRELL COUNTY LINE
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST TOWARD NORTH CENTRAL VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE STORM
WILL TRAVEL JUST TO THE SOUTH OF PANDALE.
 
 
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.

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, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCalhoun60 min
May 30, 6:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal2 hr

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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.