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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 28, 1995Comal County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1995, 9:19 PM CDT for Comal County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1995, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1995, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Comal County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1132 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
1132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 290225 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC091-290315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
919 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...COMAL COUNTY
 
AT 915 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SRVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN COMAL COUNTY JUST TO THE NORTH OF CIBOLA CREEK. THE
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM IS
CURRENTLY PRODUCING 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
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
Jun 28, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde67 min
Jun 28, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar56 min
Jun 28, 9:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson56 min
Jun 28, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson56 min
Jun 28, 10:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet2 hr
Jun 28, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet2 hr
Jun 28, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson55 min
Jun 28, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson3 hr
Jun 28, 11:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco2 hr
Jun 28, 11:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Real3 hr
Jun 29, 12:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall3 hr
Jun 29, 1:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina, Uvalde3 hr
Jun 29, 2:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco3 hr
Jun 29, 2:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis4 hr
Jun 29, 2:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Jun 29, 2:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr, Real3 hr
Jun 29, 3:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson3 hr
Jun 29, 4:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco4 hr
Jun 29, 5:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis3 hr
Jun 29, 5:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar2 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.