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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 2, 1996Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 2, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1996, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kinney County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 1996-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 399 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 1996-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 030132
SVRSAT
TXC271-030230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
830 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...KINNEY COUNTY
 
AT 828 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTS FROM BRACKETTVILLE INDICATE BRANCHES FROM
LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
 
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.
 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr60 min
Jun 2, 7:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr, Real3 hr
Jun 2, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar63 min
Jun 2, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal59 min
Jun 2, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina57 min
Jun 2, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales60 min
Jun 2, 8:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde68 min
Jun 2, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde68 min
Jun 2, 8:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr2 hr
Jun 2, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr2 hr
Jun 2, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe56 min
Jun 2, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Medina60 min
Jun 2, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca2 hr
Jun 2, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina3 hr
Jun 2, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal55 min
Jun 2, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell66 min
Jun 2, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe, Wilson56 min
Jun 3, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales, Lavaca69 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.