Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1996, 12:47 AM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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 29, 1996, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1996, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 12:58 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Schulenberg, 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2004 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1341 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 290547 SVRSAT TXC149-290645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1247 AM CDT MON APR 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 1247 AM CDT...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF LA GRANGE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL CAUSE HIGH WIND AND DAMAGING HAIL OVER PARTS OF FAYETTE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR. 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. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO OCCUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...FLOODING SMALL STREAMS...LOW AREAS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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.
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, Apr 28, 11:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
1125 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
637 PM LANGTRY TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL
04/28/96 VAL VERDE COOP OBSVR
732 PM E. OF ROCKSPRINGS TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL
04/28/96 EDWARDS REPRTD VIA DPS ROCKSPRINGS
730 PM 12N COMSTOCK TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/96 VAL VERDE COOP OBSVR
800 PM LANGTRY TX 1.72 RAIN IN 1 HOUR
04/28/96 VAL VERDE COOP OBSVR
824 PM 20N LEAKEY TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL
04/28/96 REAL VIA DPS REAL COUNTYLocal storm report, Apr 29, 12:37 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1236 PM CDT MON APR 29 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
637 PM LANGTRY TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL
04/28/96 VAL VERDE COOP OBSVR
732 PM E. OF ROCKSPRINGS TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL
04/28/96 EDWARDS REPRTD VIA DPS ROCKSPRINGS
750 PM 12N COMSTOCK TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/96 VAL VERDE COOP OBSVR
750 PM ROCKSRPINGS TX DIME SIZE HAIL
04/28/96 EDWARDS COOP OBSERVER
800 PM LANGTRY TX 1.72 RAIN IN 1 HOUR
04/28/96 VAL VERDE COOP OBSVR
830 PM PRADE RANCH TX .75 INCHES HAIL
04/28/96 REAL REPORTED BY DPS
900 PM LAREDO TX QUARTER SIZE HAIL
04/28/96 WEBB SHERIFF
930 PM FREDERICKSBURG TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/96 GILLESPIE COOP
934 PM FREDERICKSBURG TX NICKLE SIZE HAIL
04/28/96 GILLESPIE SHERIFF
1005 PM PIPE CREEK TX QUARTER SIZE HAIL
04/28/96 BANDERA HAM
1009 PM PIPE CREEK TX GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
04/28/96 BANDERA COOP
1025 PM SAN ANTONIO TX FLAGS RIPPED OFF POLES
04/28/96 BEXAR FROM 50-55 MPH WINDS
FIRE STATION
1035PM HELOTES TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/96 BEXAR COOP
1050PM SAN ANTONIO TX TREES KNOCKED DOWN ON
04/28/96 BEXAR BABCOCK RD
HAM
1055 PM NEW BRAUNFELS TX 58 MPH WIND
04/28/96 COMAL ASOS
1105 PM LAKE MCQUEENEY TX 60-65 MPH WINDS
04/28/96 GUADALUPE COOP
1105 PM LAKE MCQUEENY TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/96 GUADALUPE COOP
1110 PM SHERTZ TX BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
04/28/96 GUADALUPE DESTROYED
COOP
1114 PM 7E FRIO TOWN TX NICKLE SIZE HAIL
04/28/96 FRIO COOP
1115 PM SAN ANTONIO TX ROOFS OFF HOUSES
04/28/96 BEXAR DPS AND HAM
1123 PM 20E BUDA TX 50 MPH GUSTS
04/28/96 HAYS HAM
1126 PM SEGUIN TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/96 GUADALUPE HAM
1130 PM SAN ANTONIO TX ROOFS OFF APARTMENTS
04/28/96 BEXAR CHANNEL FIVE
1140 PM 7N PEARSALL TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/96 FRIO COOP
1205 AM NIXON TX TREES BLOWN DOWN
04/29/96 GONAZALES DPSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 68 min |
| Apr 28, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 68 min |
| Apr 28, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 69 min |
| Apr 28, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 55 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.