Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 18, 1995, 3:27 AM CST for Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 1995, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 1995, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Goliad County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3643 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.7
- Supercell composite
- -2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 180928 RRA SVRVCT TXC175-181000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 327 AM CST MON DEC 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...EAST CENTRAL GOLIAD COUNTY AT 315 AM VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICTORIA. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA OF FANNIN AND GOLIAD IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 17, 11:31 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
1131 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE......EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
830 PM GIDDINGS 5E TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
12/17/95 LEE COOP OBSVR.
11 PM BANDERA TX 0.25 INCH HAIL
12/17/95 BANDERA BANDERA SHERIFF DEPT.
600 PM DEL RIO TX FUNNEL CLOUDS NE
10/31/95 VAL VERDE NWS EMPLOYEE.
620 PM GIDDINGS TX DIME SIZED HAIL
10/31/95 LEE GIDDINGS S.O.
730 PM DEL RIO TX PEA-MARBLE SIZE HAIL
10/31/95 VAL VERDE NWS EMPLOYEE.
1223 AM NW OF SAN MARCOS TX GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
11/01/95 HAYS SAN MARCOS P.D.Local storm report, Dec 17, 11:37 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
1131 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE......EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
830 PM GIDDINGS 5E TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
12/17/95 LEE COOP OBSVR.
11 PM BANDERA TX 0.25 INCH HAIL
12/17/95 BANDERA BANDERA SHERIFF DEPT.
600 PM DEL RIO TX FUNNEL CLOUDS NE
10/31/95 VAL VERDE NWS EMPLOYEE.
620 PM GIDDINGS TX DIME SIZED HAIL
10/31/95 LEE GIDDINGS S.O.
730 PM DEL RIO B TX PEA-MARBLE SIZE HAIL
10/31/95 VAL VERDE NWS EMPLOYEE.
1223 AM NW OF SAN MARCOS TX GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
11/01/95 HAYS SAN MARCOS P.D.Local storm report, Dec 17, 11:38 PM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
1138 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE......EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
830 PM GIDDINGS 5E TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
12/17/95 LEE COOP OBSVR.
11 PM BANDERA TX 0.25 INCH HAIL
12/17/95 BANDERA BANDERA SHERIFF DEPT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 7:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 60 min |
| Dec 17, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 60 min |
| Dec 17, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 58 min |
| Dec 18, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 61 min |
| Dec 18, 2:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 67 min |
| Dec 18, 3:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 61 min |
| Dec 18, 3:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 65 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.