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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, 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, 7:52 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1995, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
68 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 00:00Z, 0.9 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2882 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 406 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
2882 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
552 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 080053
SVRSAT
TXC465-080200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
752 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...VAL VERDE COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE AMISTAD NATIONAL RECREATION
AREA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD HIGHWAY 163 AND
THE DEVILS RIVER.
 
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.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal37 min
May 7, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKerr, Real65 min
May 7, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie55 min
May 7, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXGillespie65 min
May 7, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde45 min
May 7, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano57 min
May 7, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano63 min
May 7, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick63 min
May 7, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet69 min
May 8, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano50 min
May 8, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr55 min
May 8, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde, Zavala60 min
May 8, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson40 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.