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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 29, 1996Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1996, 10:54 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
May 29, 1996, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1996, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Edwards County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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
May 29, 11:50 PM CDTHail 1.75Rocksprings, 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, 3.9 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 1996-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3217 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 1996-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.2
Supercell composite
-3.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards2 hr
May 30, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Real58 min
May 30, 1:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal116 min
May 30, 3:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal, Uvalde6 hr

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.