Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 2, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1996, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Medina County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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.

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.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 030203
SVRSAT
TXC029-030300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
900 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BEXAR COUNTY
 
AT 900 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER NORTHEAST BEXAR COUNTY MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
 
THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
 
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.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 030204 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC019-325-030300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
900 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BANDERA COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY
 
AT 855 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES
NORTH OF BANDERA AND BETWEEN CASTROVILLE AND HONDO. THE BANDERA STORM
WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH AND PRODUCING PUBLICLY ESTIMATED WINDS OVER
50 MPH.  THE HONDO STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH AND PRODUCED PEA SIZE
HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF CASTROVILLE.
 
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 SEVEBRE WEATHER TAKING PLACE...CALL YOUR REPORT TO
THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.