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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 10, 1995Medina County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 7:40 PM CDT for Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1995, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Medina County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 1995-04-11Temperature 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 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3815 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 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 110042 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC325-110145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
740 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...MEDINA COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN
MEDINA COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 90...10 MILES WEST OF D'HANIS. THE STORM
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 10, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde25 min
Apr 10, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina, Uvalde60 min
Apr 10, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar42 min
Apr 10, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar65 min
Apr 10, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio69 min
Apr 10, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa51 min
Apr 10, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe51 min
Apr 10, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson54 min
Apr 10, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMcMullen35 min
Apr 10, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes47 min
Apr 10, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWebb62 min
Apr 11, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVictoria36 min
Apr 11, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCalhoun53 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.