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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 27, 1996Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1996, 3:49 AM CDT for Edwards 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
May 27, 1996, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1996, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Edwards County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 1996-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2195 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 1996-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
2195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 270854
SVRSAT
TXC137-270930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
349 AM CDT MON MAY 27 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY
 
AT 347 AM CDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN NORTHWEST EDWARDS COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKSPRINGS.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WIND.
 
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.
 
IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER TAKING PLACE...CALL YOUR REPORT TO
THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR IMMEDIAdTE RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards44 min
May 27, 5:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal47 min
May 27, 6:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards2 hr
May 27, 6:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal2 hr
May 27, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera52 min
May 27, 7:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco44 min
May 27, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar67 min
May 27, 8:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Hays59 min
May 27, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays45 min
May 27, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.