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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 7, 1996Burnet County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 12:19 AM CST for Burnet County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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
Nov 7, 1996, 12:19 AM CST (06:19 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 1:15 AM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burnet County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 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
Nov 7, 12:45 AM CSTThunderstorm WindMarble Falls, TX
Nov 7, 1:00 AM CSTThunderstorm WindGeorgetown, 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 nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2359 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 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
2359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.5
Supercell composite
13.3

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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 9:26 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
1020 PM CDT WED NOV 06 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION..P..
 1010 PM    PANDALE                   TX   2.5 INCH HAIL
11/06/96   VAL VERDE                      BROKEN WINDOW ON TRAILER
                                          HOME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 8:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde68 min
Nov 7, 12:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr61 min
Nov 7, 12:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.