Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 12:42 AM CDT for Gonzales County, Karnes County, Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1995, 12:42 AM CDT (05:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1937 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1339 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 010545 RRA SVRSAT TXC177-255-493-010645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1242 AM CDT THU JUN 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...GONZALES COUNTY...KARNES COUNTY...WILSON COUNTY AT 1240 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO WILSON...KARNES AND GONZALES COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS STOCKDALE AT THIS TIME. 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. 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 31, 7:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ171-172-184>190-010230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 732 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR LLANO... TRAVIS...LEE...BURNET AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 735 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LLANO TO NEAR MENARD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE ENTERING LLANO AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 31, 7:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ171-172-184>190-010230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 732 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR LLANO... TRAVIS...LEE...BURNET AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 735 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LLANO TO NEAR MENARD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE ENTERING LLANO AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 31, 9:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
935 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE......EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
856 PM CITY OF LLANO TX 65 MPH WIND GUST
LLANO COUNTY AT LLANO MIDDLE
SCHOOL
901 PM CITY OF LLANO TX 66 MPH WIND GUST
LLANO COUNTY AT LLANO MIDDLE
SCHOOLLocal storm report, May 31, 9:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
935 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE......EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
856 PM CITY OF LLANO TX 65 MPH WIND GUST
LLANO COUNTY AT LLANO MIDDLE
SCHOOL
901 PM CITY OF LLANO TX 66 MPH WIND GUST
LLANO COUNTY AT LLANO MIDDLE
SCHOOLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 57 min |
| May 31, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 56 min |
| May 31, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 61 min |
| May 31, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 57 min |
| May 31, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays | 55 min |
| May 31, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 58 min |
| May 31, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe | 68 min |
| May 31, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 68 min |
| May 31, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales | 65 min |
| May 31, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 67 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.