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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 11, 1995Calhoun County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 2:22 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1995, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1995, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Calhoun County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 110722 RRA
SVRVCT
TXC057-110815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
222 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...CALHOUN COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO BAY...
 
AT 115 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES
SOUTH OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA MOVING TOWARD CALHOUN COUNTY. THIS IS AN
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HIGH WINDS OF 60 TO
80 MPH AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SAN
ANTONIO BAY BY 230 AM THEN MOVE FROM NEAR TIVOLI TO SEA DRIFT BY 240 AM.
 
HIGH NORTH WINDS OF 62 MPH WERE RECORDED AT THE VICTORIA NWS AT 115 AM.
THESE WINDS WILL AFFECT PERSONS IN CALHOUN COUNTY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM YOU SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  MOBILE HOMES SHOULD
BE ABANDONED FOR A STRONGER SHELTER.
 
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, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVictoria36 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.