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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 10, 1995Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 9:34 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
56 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 00:00Z, 2.6 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3268 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
3268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 110238 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC465-110330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
934 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...VAL VERDE COUNTY
 
HIGH WINDS ARE PRECEEDING A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS AT COMSTOCK GUSTED TO 50 MPH. THIS GUST FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DEL RIO AND LAKE AMISTAD SHORTLY.
 
 
 
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.

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, Jun 10, 7:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ171>173-188-190>192-110100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
705 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BURNET AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 705 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA.
HOWEVER THERE ARE STRONG STORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN REACHES OF
THE HILL COUNTRY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ171>173-188-190>192-110100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
705 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BURNET AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 705 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA.
HOWEVER THERE ARE STRONG STORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN REACHES OF
THE HILL COUNTRY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano58 min
Jun 10, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie62 min
Jun 11, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco61 min
Jun 11, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde56 min
Jun 11, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Medina61 min
Jun 11, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall61 min
Jun 11, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays, Travis56 min
Jun 11, 1:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera4 hr
Jun 11, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar66 min
Jun 11, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal64 min
Jun 11, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Guadalupe59 min
Jun 11, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar2 hr
Jun 11, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Gonzales58 min
Jun 11, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio, La Salle69 min
Jun 11, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson69 min
Jun 11, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee54 min
Jun 11, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala58 min
Jun 11, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa68 min
Jun 11, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Lavaca69 min
Jun 11, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes69 min
Jun 11, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGoliad, Victoria56 min
Jun 11, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCalhoun65 min
Jun 11, 4:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGoliad, Victoria117 min
Jun 11, 4:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXCalhoun117 min
Jun 11, 4:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWebb65 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.