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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 24, 1996Burnet County, Llano County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1996, 1:26 PM CST for Burnet County, Llano County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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
Mar 24, 1996, 1:26 PM CST (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 1996, 2:15 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burnet County, TX, Llano County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 12:00Z on 1996-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 467 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1996-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
467 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-363 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KSAT 241928 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC053-299-242015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
126 PM CST SUN MAR 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BURNET COUNTY...EASTERN LLANO COUNTY
 
AT 125 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10
MILES WEST OF LAKE BUCHANAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL AFFECT THE LAKE BUCHANAN AREA VERY SHORTLY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH.  THESE WINDS
BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES...
SOMETIMES BUILDINGS.  VERY LARGE HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT
OUTSIDE.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.