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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 7, 1995Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1995, 5:28 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1995, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Val Verde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2016 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
2016 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 072232
SVRSAT
TXC465-072330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
528 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...VAL VERDE COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 15 SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
PEOPLE IN DEL RIO AREA CAN EXPECT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY
RAIN WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCED WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSrIBILITY
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Val Verde33 min
May 7, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney41 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.