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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 12, 1995Bandera County, Kerr County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 1995, 1:44 PM CST for Bandera County, Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 1995, 1:44 PM CST (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 1995, 2:15 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bandera County, TX, Kerr County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 1995-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 771 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-294 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 121947
TORSAT
TXC019-265-122015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
144 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIESS...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...BANDERA COUNTY...KERR COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NORTH OF LOST MAPLE STATE PARK MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH TOWARD HIGHWAY 39 AND THE TOWN OF HUNT.
 
 
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION
TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES.  GO TO YOUR BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF
BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD.  DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES.  GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR
A REINFORCED BUILDING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 1:55 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell50 min
Jan 12, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVictoria40 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes 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.