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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 17, 1995Bandera County, Medina County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 17, 1995, 9:47 PM CST for Bandera County, Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 1995, 9:47 PM CST (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Dec 17, 1995, 10:45 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bandera County, TX, Medina County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 1995-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -94 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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 180349 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC019-325-180445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
947 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BANDERA COUNTY...NORTHERN MEDINA COUNTY
 
A FAST MOVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NORTH OF SABINAL MOVING
RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD NEAR 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS
NORTHWEST MEDINA COUNTY INTO BANDERA COUNTY TOWARDS TARPLY AND BANDERA
DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. TAKE COVER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF 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 THE POSSIBILITY
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN
ITS PATH.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TOn AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE AS A TORNADO.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 7:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLee60 min
Dec 17, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee60 min
Dec 18, 12:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes61 min
Dec 18, 2:38 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXLavaca67 min
Dec 18, 3:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGoliad33 min
Dec 18, 3:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes61 min
Dec 18, 3:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt65 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.