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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 6, 1995Kinney County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 870 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

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TTAA00 KSAT 070408 RRA
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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
TXZ183-070430-

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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TXZ183-070430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
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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
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SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 10:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde, Zavala57 min
Mar 6, 11:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Frio, Medina57 min
Mar 6, 11:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar66 min
Mar 7, 12:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Kendall55 min
Mar 7, 12:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio55 min
Mar 7, 1:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe58 min
Mar 7, 1:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Hays55 min
Mar 7, 1:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson69 min
Mar 7, 1:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales64 min
Mar 7, 1:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Travis58 min
Mar 7, 1:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca37 min
Mar 7, 1:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee62 min
Mar 7, 2:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette55 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.