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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 31, 1995Caldwell County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 1995, 4:38 PM CST for Caldwell County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 31, 1995, 4:38 PM CST (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 1995, 5:14 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Caldwell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 12:00Z on 1995-10-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1528 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 12:00Z on 1995-10-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
1528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 312237 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC021-055-312345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
438 PM CST TUE OCT 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BASTROP COUNTY...NORTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY
 
AT 434 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SAN
MARCOS. PUBLIC REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZED HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
THE FOLLOWING TOWNS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MENDOZA...CEDAR
CREEK...BASTROP AND OTHER AREAS NEARBY.
 
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE 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
Oct 31, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop67 min
Oct 31, 4:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde57 min
Oct 31, 5:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop35 min
Oct 31, 5:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee63 min
Oct 31, 5:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde58 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.