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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 19, 1995Llano County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 9:16 PM CDT for Llano County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Llano County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 296 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 200217
SVRSAT
TXC299-200315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
916 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN LLANO COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED
ESTIMATED WINDS TO NEAR 70 MPH OVER NORTHWEST LLANO COUNTY ALONG WITH
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OVER THE SAN SABA/LLANO COUNTY LINE.
 
 
ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...A
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING
SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
 
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.
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet69 min
Apr 19, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr56 min
Apr 19, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie44 min
Apr 19, 11:04 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie56 min
Apr 19, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson55 min
Apr 20, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays, Travis60 min
Apr 20, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson40 min
Apr 20, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop39 min
Apr 20, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco44 min
Apr 20, 7:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson49 min

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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.