Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1996, 2:50 AM CDT for Burnet County, Llano County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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 4, 1996, 2:50 AM CDT (07:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1996, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burnet County, TX, Llano County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Buchanan Dam, 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 1386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 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 040750 SVRSAT TXC053-299-040845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 250 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BURNET COUNTY...LLANO COUNTY AT 251 AM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS ARE PART OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS FROM JUNCTION TO WACO. LLANO... VALLEY SPRING ...LAKE BUCHANAN... BURNET AND OAKALLA ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 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. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:03 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-040800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 200 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 543 IN EFFECT TIL 4 AM FOR BURNET..WILLIAMSON..LLANO..AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES OF SOUTH TEXAS... AT 155 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELDORADO EASTWARD THROUGH SAN SABA TO JUST NORTH OF GATESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS THEY MOVE INTO A MOIST..UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH GOOD UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD PUSH THE STORMS INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY DURING THE NEXT HOUR..INTO THE AUSTIN AREA IN THE 3 TO 4 AM TIME FRAME AND INTO THE SAN ANTONIO AREA BY 5 AM. INTENSE RAINFALL..VIVID LIGHTNING..HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE LINE AS IT PASSES THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:06 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-040800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 200 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 543 IN EFFECT TIL 6 AM FOR BURNET..WILLIAMSON..LLANO..AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES OF SOUTH TEXAS... AT 155 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELDORADO EASTWARD THROUGH SAN SABA TO JUST NORTH OF GATESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS THEY MOVE INTO A MOIST..UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH GOOD UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD PUSH THE STORMS INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY DURING THE NEXT HOUR..INTO THE AUSTIN AREA IN THE 3 TO 4 AM TIME FRAME AND INTO THE SAN ANTONIO AREA BY 5 AM. INTENSE RAINFALL..VIVID LIGHTNING..HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE LINE AS IT PASSES THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.