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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 12, 1995Bastrop County, Caldwell County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 1995, 1:55 PM CST for Bastrop County, Caldwell County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 1995, 1:55 PM CST (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 1995, 2:45 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Caldwell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 319 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 12:00Z on 1995-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 985 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 12:00Z on 1995-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 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
985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAUS 122019 COR
TORAUS
TXC021-055-122045-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION FOR HEADING TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
155 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

   ...BASTROP COUNTY...CALDWELL COUNTY

RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CALDWELL COUNTY MOVING
TOWARD BASTROP COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 TO 30 MPH.


THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR
CULVERT. CURL UP AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR ARMS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID
(WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...
BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.



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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 1:44 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBandera, Kerr31 min
Jan 12, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVictoria40 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.