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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 24, 1995Edwards County, Real County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1995, 8:39 PM CDT for Edwards County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1995, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edwards County, TX, Real County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 1995-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 928 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
928 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2393 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 250141 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC137-385-250230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
839 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN REAL COUNTY
 
AT 835 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
SOUTHEAST EDWARDS COUNTY...BETWEEN ROCKSPRINGS AND BARKSDALE. MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH.  THESE WINDS
BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND HSEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES...
SOMETIMES BUILDINGS.  VERY LARGE HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT
OUTSIDE.

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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.