Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 1996, 3:19 PM CDT for Gonzales County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 1996, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 1996, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gonzales County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 23, 11:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 11:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 930 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 1996 MRNG SOUNDINGS FROM BOTH CRP AND LCH INDICATED PW ARND 2 INCHES AND LI'S OF -5 SO RAIN IS LIKELY AGAIN TODAY. HARD TO SAY EXACTLY WHERE OR HOW MUCH. ONE BAND WAS LCTD FROM NEAR GLS SE INTO GLF OF MEX. STILL APPEARS WE ARE IN UPR DIFLUENT PATTERN WITH GOOD ANTI-CYCLONIC FLOW. CURRENT PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD WITH DECREASING POPS AS YOU MOVE INLAND. TIDES ARE STILL RUNNING 1-2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. 34
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.