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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 11, 1995Victoria County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 12:24 AM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1995, 12:24 AM CDT (05:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Victoria County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 1995-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3123 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
3123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KVCT 110524 RRA
SVRVCT
TXC469-110600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
1224 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY
 
AT 1222 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
INTO SOUTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF
VICTORIA. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WILL MOVE FROM NEAR
KEMPER CITY TO THE TOWN OF BLOOMINGTON BETWEEN 1230 AND 1 AM CDT. THIS
STORM MOVED ACROSS GOLIAD COUNTY PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
 
PERSONS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES RAPIDLY EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.
DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN
EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina65 min
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, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCalhoun53 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.