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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 19, 1995Blanco County, Gillespie County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1995, 11:04 PM CDT for Blanco County, Gillespie County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Blanco County, TX, Gillespie County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 296 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 200404
TORSAT
TXC031-171-200500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1104 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BLANCO COUNTY...GILLESPIE COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE LBJ RANCH IN EXTREME
EASTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY AND MOVING INTO WESTERN BLANCO COUNTY. 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano59 min
Apr 19, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet69 min
Apr 19, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr56 min
Apr 19, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie44 min
Apr 19, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson55 min
Apr 20, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays, Travis60 min
Apr 20, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson40 min
Apr 20, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop39 min
Apr 20, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco44 min
Apr 20, 7:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.