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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 31, 1995Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 1995, 8:29 PM CST for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 31, 1995, 8:29 PM CST (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 1995, 9:30 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kinney County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 1995-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1364 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 010229 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC271-010330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
829 PM CST TUE OCT 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...KINNEY COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF BRACKETTVILLE
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS.
 
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 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, 6:36 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney54 min
Oct 31, 8:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal67 min
Oct 31, 10:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde56 min
Oct 31, 11:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco65 min
Oct 31, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina69 min
Nov 1, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays, Travis58 min
Nov 1, 12:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar118 min
Nov 1, 12:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina48 min
Nov 1, 1:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis56 min
Nov 1, 1:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee66 min
Nov 1, 8:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis60 min

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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.