Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1995, 12:50 AM CDT for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1995, 12:50 AM CDT (05:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 245 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 424 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.5
- Supercell composite
- 18.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 080556 SVRSAT TXC491-080630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1250 AM CDT MON MAY 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...WILLIAMSON COUNTY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF GEORGETOWN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT HIGH WINDS AND SOME HAIL. 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 RAINv CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR MORE UPDATES.
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, 3 hours 22 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
HAILLocal storm report, May 7, 9:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 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
HAILLocal storm report, May 7, 9:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 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
CARSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 37 min |
| May 7, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 68 min |
| May 7, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kerr, Real | 65 min |
| May 7, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 55 min |
| May 7, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 65 min |
| May 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 45 min |
| May 7, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 57 min |
| May 7, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 63 min |
| May 7, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 63 min |
| May 7, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 69 min |
| May 8, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 50 min |
| May 8, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 55 min |
| May 8, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.