Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1996, 4:25 AM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1996, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Travis County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:05 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 | Austin, 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 281 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 040926 SVRSAT TXC453-041030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 425 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TRAVIS COUNTY AT 420 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER TRAVIS COUNTY NEAR LAKE TRAVIS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CEDAR PARK. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AUSTIN AREA PRODUCING VERY GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL CREEKS IS POSSIBLE WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. 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 THUNDERSTORTMS...FLOODING SMALL STREAMS...LOW AREAS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. &
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, 2 hours 22 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, 2 hours 19 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, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 55 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.