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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 28, 1996Bandera County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1996, 9:57 PM CDT for Bandera County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
Apr 28, 1996, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1996, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bandera County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 10:05 PM CDTHail 1.5Pipe Creek, 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1845 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 290258
SVRSAT
TXC019-290400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
957 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BANDERA COUNTY
 
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIPE CREEK MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN
ITS PATH.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE AS A TORNADO.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde56 min
Apr 28, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal60 min
Apr 28, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWebb63 min
Apr 28, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie68 min
Apr 28, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco68 min
Apr 28, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina59 min
Apr 28, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar69 min
Apr 28, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio60 min
Apr 28, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Hays61 min
Apr 28, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Guadalupe63 min
Apr 28, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis66 min
Apr 28, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson57 min
Apr 28, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio67 min
Apr 28, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales56 min
Apr 29, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt48 min
Apr 29, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala55 min
Apr 29, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette58 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.