Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 1995, 7:54 PM CST for Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 1995, 7:54 PM CST (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 1995, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maverick County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 130156 RRA SVRSAT TXC323-130300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 754 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...MAVERICK COUNTY AT 755 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN MAVERICK COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 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.
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, Mar 12, 6:00 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
TXZ194-209-130200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 600 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR LEE AND FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH MONDAY... AT 555 PM LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE WACO AREA TO ELGIN...CALDWELL...FLATONIA AND COLUMBUS. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. AREAL COVERAGE HAS DECREASED OVER THE LAST HOUR AS THE DAYTIME HEATING ENDED. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA LATER TONIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM WEST TEXAS. LEACH
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 6:03 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
TXZ194-209-130200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 600 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR LEE AND FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH MONDAY... AT 555 PM LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE WACO AREA TO ELGIN...CALDWELL...FLATONIA AND COLUMBUS. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. AREAL COVERAGE HAS DECREASED OVER THE LAST HOUR AS THE DAYTIME HEATING ENDED. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA LATER TONIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM WEST TEXAS. LEACH
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 6:37 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
TXZ183-130140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 637 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CST THIS EVENING... AT 630 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT SAN ANGELO INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS FROM DEL RIO TO LOMA ALTA. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY...FROM DRYDEN TO PANDALE TO OZONA. DOPPLER RADAR IN BRACKETTVILLE INDICATED A STRONG STORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL IN MEXICO...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN IN A SAFE HARBOR. REMEMEBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND CABLE TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 6:51 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228>230-239-130200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 651 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR KERR...EDWARDS AND REAL COUNTIES TIL 900 PM CST... ...SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING... AT 650 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTY AND JUST BEGINNING TO ENTER KINNEY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL TEN MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 7:35 PM CST, 19 minutes before
TXZ155-171>173-188-190>192-194-209-130400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 735 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 2 AM FOR TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON...HAYS...BURNET... BLANCO...SAN SABA...LLANO AND GILLESPIE... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR LEE AND FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH MONDAY... AT 735 PM LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR CAMERON TO 10 MILES EAST OF GIDDINGS TO NEAR COLUMBUS. OTHER LIGHT SHOWERS WERE FROM MARBLE FALLS TO NEAR SAN MARCOS. THE SHOWERS WERE ALL MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM BROWNWOOD TO BRADY TO UVALDE. AS THOSE STORMS MOVE EAST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LEACH
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 7:39 PM CST, 15 minutes before
TXZ155-171>173-188-190>192-194-209-130400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 735 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 2 AM FOR TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON...HAYS...BURNET... BLANCO...SAN SABA...LLANO AND GILLESPIE... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR LEE AND FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH MONDAY... AT 735 PM LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR CAMERON TO 10 MILES EAST OF GIDDINGS TO NEAR COLUMBUS. OTHER LIGHT SHOWERS WERE FROM MARBLE FALLS TO NEAR SAN MARCOS. THE SHOWERS WERE ALL MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM BROWNWOOD TO BRADY TO UVALDE. AS THOSE STORMS MOVE EAST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LEACH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 66 min |
| Mar 12, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 9:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 67 min |
| Mar 12, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 9:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 68 min |
| Mar 12, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 11:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, La Salle | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 11:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 69 min |
| Mar 13, 12:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Goliad | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 3:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 50 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.