Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 11:58 PM CDT for Gillespie County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1995, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gillespie County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSAT 110505 SVRSAT TXC171-110600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION TO HAIL SIZE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1158 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...GILLESPIE COUNTY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOSS AT 1200 AM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. THESE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES... SOMETIMES EVEN 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, Jun 10, 7:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 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, 4 hours 45 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, 10:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-110530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1042 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 5 AM CDT... AT 1030 PM CDT...A STRONG GUST FRONT WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH THROUGH KINNEY AND EDWARDS COUNTY. THE GUST FRONT PRECEEDED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS... AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WHICH EXTENDED ACROSS THE NORTHERN REACHES OF THE HILL COUNTRY FROM NORTH OF DEL RIO EASTWARD TO ROCKSPRINGS TO MASON. ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY...THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 15 MPH. THE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LATE-SEASON COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY OVERNIGHT AND INTO SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. STAYED TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 10:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-110530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1042 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 5 AM CDT... AT 1030 PM CDT...A STRONG GUST FRONT WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH THROUGH KINNEY AND EDWARDS COUNTY. THE GUST FRONT PRECEEDED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS... AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WHICH EXTENDED ACROSS THE NORTHERN REACHES OF THE HILL COUNTRY FROM NORTH OF DEL RIO EASTWARD TO ROCKSPRINGS TO MASON. ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY...THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 15 MPH. THE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LATE-SEASON COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY OVERNIGHT AND INTO SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. STAYED TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 1:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, La Salle | 69 min |
| Jun 11, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 69 min |
| Jun 11, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 68 min |
| Jun 11, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 69 min |
| Jun 11, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 69 min |
| Jun 11, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Goliad, Victoria | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Calhoun | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Goliad, Victoria | 117 min |
| Jun 11, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Calhoun | 117 min |
| Jun 11, 4:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.