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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 7, 1995Maverick County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1995, 11:42 PM CDT for Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1995, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1995, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Maverick County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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

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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

Local storm report, May 7, 9:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
92P PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE......EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
EXAMPLE
0650 PM    DEL RIO                   TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDO CO

0703 PM    DEL RIO WSO                    1.50 INCH HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDO CO

0822 PM    BAKERS CROSSING                1.00 INCH HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDE CO

0841 PM    16N LEAKEY                     TORNADO NEAR HWY 41
05/07/95   REAL CO                        TREES UPROOTED

0901 PM    HUNT                           PEA SIZE HAIL
05/07/95   KERR CO

0910 PM    LOMA ALTA                      GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDE CO

0910 PM    MOUNTAIN HOME                  TORNADO SITED
05/07/95   KERR CO                        GOFL BALL SIZE HAIL

0920 PM    4NE MOUNTAIN HOMEx              TORNADO SITED
05/07/95   KERR CO                        BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL
Local storm report, May 7, 9:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED...FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
930 PM CDT SUN MAY 07 1995

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE......EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
EXAMPLE
0550 PM    DEL RIO                   TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDO CO

0603 PM    DEL RIO WSO                    1.50 INCH HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDO CO

0822 PM    BAKERS CROSSING                1.00 INCH HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDE CO

0841 PM    16N LEAKEY                     TORNADO NEAR HWY 41
05/07/95   REAL CO                        TREES UPROOTED

0901 PM    HUNT                           PEA SIZE HAIL
05/07/95   KERR CO

0910 PM    LOMA ALTA                      GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDE CO

0910 PM    MOUNTAIN HOME                  TORNADO SITED
05/07/95   KERR CO                        GOFL BALL SIZE HAIL

0920 PM    4NE MOUNTAIN HOME              TORNADO SITED
05/07/95   KERR CO                        BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL
Local storm report, May 7, 9:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
944 PM CDT SUN MAY 07 1995

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE......EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
EXAMPLE
0550 PM    DEL RIO                   TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDO CO

0603 PM    DEL RIO WSO                    1.50 INCH HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDO CO

0822 PM    BAKERS CROSSING                1.00 INCH HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDE CO

0841 PM    16N LEAKEY                     TORNADO NEAR HWY 41
05/07/95   REAL CO                        TREES UPROOTED

0901 PM    HUNT                           PEA SIZE HAIL
05/07/95   KERR CO

0910 PM    LOMA ALTA                      GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
05/07/95   VAL VERDE CO

0910 PM    MOUNTAIN HOME                  TORNADO SITED
05/07/95   KERR CO                        GOFL BALL SIZE HAIL

0920 PM    4NE MOUNTAIN HOME              TORNADO SITED
05/07/95   KERR CO                        BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL

0936 PM    15N LEAKEY                     TORNADO
05/07/95   REAL CO                  ...UNKNOWN NUMBER OF INJURIES...
                                          BARN DESTROYED...TRAILERS
                                          OVERTURNED...POWERLINES
                                          DOWN...

0936 PM    MOUNTAIN HOME                  TORNADO BLEW CARS OFF ROAD
05/07/95   KERR COUTY                     I-10 AND SH41...OVERTURNED
                                          CARS

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, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde68 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, 11:51 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.