Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1996, 7:15 PM CDT for Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 2, 1996, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kerr County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerrville, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 030018 SVRSAT TXC265-030115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 715 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...KERR COUNTY AT 714 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF HUNT MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THIS STORM WILL CROSS HWY 39 IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. 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 IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr, Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 59 min |
| Jun 2, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 8:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 68 min |
| Jun 2, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 68 min |
| Jun 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Medina | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe, Wilson | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Lavaca | 69 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.