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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 4, 1995Bexar County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1995, 7:26 PM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 1995, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bexar County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 1995-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 542 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1995-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 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
542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 050030 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC029-050130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
726 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BEXAR COUNTY
 
AT 720 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN NORTHWEST BEXAR
COUNTY APPROACHING I-Z10 NEAR LEON SPRINGS. IT IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
30 MPH.
 
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
Apr 4, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal64 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.