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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 31, 1995Edwards County, Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 1995, 6:36 PM CST for Edwards County, Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 31, 1995, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 1995, 7:30 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 1995-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1364 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
1364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 010035
TORSAT
TXC137-271-010130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
636 PM CST TUE OCT 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY...NORTHERN KINNEY COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR THE VAL VERDE/KINNEY/EDWARDS COUNTY
LINES. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS FARM ROADS
2523 AND 674.
 
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.
 
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 MDOBILE HOMES AND CARS.  IF DAMAGE OCCURS NEAR YOU...DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO WALK AROUND IN THE DARK.  THERE MAY BE DOWNED POWER LINES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 8:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal67 min
Oct 31, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney61 min
Oct 31, 10:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde56 min
Oct 31, 11:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco65 min
Oct 31, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina69 min
Nov 1, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays, Travis58 min
Nov 1, 12:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar118 min
Nov 1, 12:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina48 min
Nov 1, 1:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis56 min
Nov 1, 1:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee66 min
Nov 1, 8:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis60 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.