Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1995, 10:00 PM CST for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1995, 10:00 PM CST (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1995, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kinney County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 070408 RRA SVRSAT TXC271-070500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1000 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...KINNEY COUNTY AT 10 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL IN KINNEY COUNTY. THE STORM WAS 5 MILES WEST OF SPOFFORD AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. WINDS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR WERE NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR WITHIN 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.
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, Mar 6, 6:52 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ155-171>173-188-190>194-208-209-070155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 652 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MARCH ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM... AT 1250 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUST NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO TO BLANCO AND FROM MASON TO PRIDDY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 27 MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY CROSS THE HILL COUNTRY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER BLANCO...SOUTHWEST OF LAMPASAS AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF PRIDDY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SECURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. TSCHIRHART
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 9:30 PM CST, 30 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
930 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995
AT 925 M CST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO TX.
STRONGEST THUNDERTORMS WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY ABOUT 40
MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH .
BRIEF HEAVY RAINS FELL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF DEL RIO AS THESE STORMS MOVED
THROUGH TOWN TO THE EAST. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS IF MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH TOWN.
BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHORE AND AWAY FROM THE WATER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND CABLE TV FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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930 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995
AT 925 M CST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO TX.
STRONGEST THUNDERTORMS WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY ABOUT 40
MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH .
BRIEF HEAVY RAINS FELL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF DEL RIO AS THESE STORMS MOVED
THROUGH TOWN TO THE EAST. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS IF MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH TOWN.
BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD
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THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
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Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Frio, Medina | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 11:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 66 min |
| Mar 7, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Kendall | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 1:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Hays | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 69 min |
| Mar 7, 1:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 1:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Travis | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 1:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 37 min |
| Mar 7, 1:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 2:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 55 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.