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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 7, 1995Blanco County, Hays County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1995, 7:43 PM CDT for Blanco County, Hays County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 1995, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Blanco County, TX, Hays County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 268 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 1995-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1130 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 1995-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 080045 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC031-209-080145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
743 PM CDT THU SEP 7 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
 
   ...BLANCO COUNTY...HAYS COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER EASTERN BLANCO COUNTY EXTENDING
FROM CYPRESS MILL TO NEAR DRIPPING SPRINGS IN NORTHERN HAYS COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WIND CAN BE EXPECTED 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.
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO TH|E POSSIBILITY
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis63 min
Sep 7, 8:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis115 min
Sep 7, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell63 min
Sep 7, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe67 min
Sep 7, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar60 min
Sep 7, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales56 min
Sep 7, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina62 min
Sep 7, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa60 min
Sep 7, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGoliad58 min
Sep 7, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes34 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.