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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 20, 1996Frio County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1996, 6:01 PM CDT for Frio County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
Aug 20, 1996, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 1996, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Frio County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 20, 6:42 PM CDTThunderstorm WindMoore, TX

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.

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
Aug 20, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.