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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 7, 1995Edwards County, Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1995, 6:12 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1995, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2016 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
2016 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 072316
TORSAT
TXC137-271-465-072345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
612 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...EDWARDS COUNTY...NORTHERN KINNEY COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL
RIO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD FM 2523.
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERW,ISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR
A REINFORCED BUILDING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde62 min
May 7, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney41 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.