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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1995, 8:25 PM CDT for Kerr County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1995, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2882 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 552 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 080128 TORSAT TXC265-385-080230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 825 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...WESTERN KERR COUNTY...REAL COUNTY AT 825 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN NEW BRAUNFELS...TEXAS INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 20 MILES NORTH OF LEAKEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS PART OF A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM THAT WILL BRING DAMAGING WIND...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING TO REAL AND THE WESTERN HALF OF KERR COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. 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. 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 ESPECIAXLLY 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 37 min |
| May 7, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 68 min |
| May 7, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 55 min |
| May 7, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 65 min |
| May 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 45 min |
| May 7, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 57 min |
| May 7, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 63 min |
| May 7, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 63 min |
| May 7, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 69 min |
| May 8, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 50 min |
| May 8, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 55 min |
| May 8, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 60 min |
| May 8, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 40 min |
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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.