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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 22, 1995Victoria County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 8:14 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
46 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, 1.2 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 1995-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2759 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 1995-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KVCT 230115
SVRVCT
TXC469-230200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
814 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY
 
AT 810 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VICTORIA NEAR THE TOWN OF FANNIN. SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN THE TOWN OF GOLIAD AS THE STORM
MOVED THROUGH AT 755 PM.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE KEMPER CITY...BLOOMINGTON...AND
DERNAL.  THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND HIGH WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
 
 
 
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
 
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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, Apr 22, 8:13 PM CDT, 1 minute before
TXZ172-173-191>194-205>209-221>225-230230-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
810 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
810 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR KARNES COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 9 PM CDT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE
COASTAL PLAINS AND THE COASTAL BEND AREA...

AT 810 PM CDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS WILLIAMSON AND LEE COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS.  ANOTHER AREA OF WEAKENING STORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF
SAN ANTONIO TO SOUTH OF AUSTIN.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR.  ALL STORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG
AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS THIS
EVENING.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THESE STORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes44 min
Apr 22, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCalhoun40 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.