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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 31, 1995Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 1995, 5:47 PM CST for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 31, 1995, 5:47 PM CST (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 1995, 6:45 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Val Verde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 12:00Z on 1995-10-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 974 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 12:00Z on 1995-10-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
974 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 312347 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC465-010045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
547 PM CST TUE OCT 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE AMISTAD IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 1 1/4
INCH HAIL FELL AT BOX CANYON FROM THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE
ACROSS FARM ROAD 2523 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 277 NORTH OF DEL RIO.
 
ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...A
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING
SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
 
 
 
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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 WarningEWXCaldwell36 min
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

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.