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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 3, 1995Karnes County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 11:13 PM CDT for Karnes County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Karnes County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3153 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
3153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 040419 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC055-177-255-040515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1113 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...CALDWELL COUNTY...GONZALES COUNTY...KARNES COUNTY
 
AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM SAN MARCOS TO SEGUIN TO STOCKDALE MOVING TOWARD
THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO CALDWELL...GONZALES AND KARNES
COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS UP TO 50 MPH
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFAjLL.
 
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, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Val Verde60 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

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.