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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 13, 1995Fayette County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1995, 3:10 AM CST for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1995, 3:10 AM CST (09:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1995, 4:00 AM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 13, 3:19 AM CSTTornado F0La Grange, TXA small tornado struck an outbuilding and moved mobile homes off their pads a it struck briefly near La Grange. The tornado moved southeastward, doing minor roof damage and knocking over some street signs before lifting up and disappearing. It picked up a tw

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 331 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 7:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney66 min
Mar 12, 7:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde39 min
Mar 12, 7:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick66 min
Mar 12, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde63 min
Mar 12, 9:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick57 min
Mar 12, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal67 min
Mar 12, 9:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde46 min
Mar 12, 9:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala68 min
Mar 12, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina60 min
Mar 12, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr64 min
Mar 12, 11:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr2 hr
Mar 12, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio, La Salle61 min
Mar 12, 11:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall55 min
Mar 12, 11:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa69 min
Mar 13, 12:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr4 hr
Mar 13, 2:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGoliad50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.