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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 3, 1995Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT for Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1556 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
1556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 040050 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC271-465-040145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
745 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...KINNEY COUNTY...SOUTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEL RIO TO JUNCTION MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
A REPORT OF 65 MPH WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED JUST NORTH OF
DEL RIO SHORTLY AFTER 7PM.
 
BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW.
 
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
Jul 3, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards61 min
Jul 3, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Real56 min
Jul 3, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr60 min
Jul 3, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Uvalde64 min
Jul 3, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera55 min
Jul 3, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Kendall59 min
Jul 3, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde, Zavala59 min
Jul 3, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina62 min
Jul 3, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal60 min
Jul 3, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde56 min
Jul 3, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco65 min
Jul 3, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays57 min
Jul 3, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe, Wilson62 min
Jul 3, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Gonzales62 min
Jul 3, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes62 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.