Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 1995, 3:35 PM CST for Dimmit County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 1995, 3:35 PM CST (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 1995, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dimmit County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSAT 282135 RRA SVRSAT TXC127-282230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 335 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...WESTERN DIMMIT COUNTY AT 330 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN DIMMIT COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CARRIZO SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR WAS INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. KOCH
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
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 1:12 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ202-217-218-228-239-282015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 AT 105 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. ONE AREA WAS LOCATED ACROSS WEBB COUNTY...EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF LAREDO...TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAREDO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN THE CITY OF LAREDO. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MAVERICK AND KINNEY COUNTY LINE. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF BRACKETTVILLE TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVIvNG TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTING...AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 1:13 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ202-217-218-228-239-282015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 AT 105 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. ONE AREA WAS LOCATED ACROSS WEBB COUNTY...EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF LAREDO...TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAREDO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN THE CITY OF LAREDO. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MAVERICK AND KINNEY COUNTY LINE. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF BRACKETTVILLE TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTING...AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TXZ202-217-218-228-229-239-282135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 230 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 AT 220 CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF SOUTH TEXAS. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF BRACETTVILLE TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAREDO. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 20 MILES EAST OF EAGLE PASS...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAREDO...7 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 2:34 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
TXZ202-217-218-228-229-239-282135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 230 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 AT 220 CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF SOUTH TEXAS. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF BRACETTVILLE TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAREDO. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 20 MILES EAST OF EAGLE PASS...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAREDO...7 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INNFORMATION
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 10:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 51 min |
| Feb 27, 10:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.