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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 4, 1996Travis County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 5:05 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 57Austin, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1386 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
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

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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.
 
 
 
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano55 min
Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca33 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.