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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 18, 1995Burnet County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 18, 1995, 8:07 PM CDT for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 18, 1995, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 1995, 8:37 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Burnet County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 94 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 190106
TORSAT
TXC053-190145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
807 PM CDT MON SEP 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN BURNET COUNTY
 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED ON RADAR JUST WEST OF BETRAM.
MOVING EAST TOWARD BETRAM.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet55 min
Sep 18, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson57 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.