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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 1, 1995Hays County, Travis County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 1995, 12:17 AM CST for Hays County, Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 1995, 12:17 AM CST (06:17 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 1995, 1:15 AM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hays County, TX, Travis County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 280 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1940 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
1940 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
10.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 010617 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC209-453-010715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1217 AM CST WED NOV 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...HAYS COUNTY...TRAVIS COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR ENTERING
HAYS COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 290 NEAR HENLEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS HEADED TOWARD DRIPPING SPRINGS
AND AUSTIN. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH.  THESE WINDS
BLOW DOWN TREES...POWEFR LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES...
SOMETIMES BUILDINGS.  VERY LARGE HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT
OUTSIDE.

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, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney61 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, 12:47 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.