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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 10, 1995Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 9:53 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
37 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, 2.9 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 1995-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 450 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 1995-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 110255
TORSAT
TXC465-110330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
953 PM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...VAL VERDE COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPT AND THE PUBLIC BETWEEN DEL RIO
AND LAKE AMISTAD. SOME DAMAGE WAS REPORTED WITH NO DETAILS...TAKE COVER
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS.  GET TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW!  STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS...BUT GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND CARS.  IF DAMAGE OCCURS NEAR YOU...DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO WALK AROUND IN THE DARK.  THERE MAY BE DOWNED POWER LINES.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde55 min
May 10, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde50 min
May 10, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards54 min
May 11, 11:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe67 min
May 11, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Hays67 min
May 11, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Gonzales55 min
May 11, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano, Williamson70 min
May 11, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Fayette, Gonzales55 min
May 11, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis63 min
May 11, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson63 min
May 11, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop67 min
May 11, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee62 min
May 11, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette35 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.