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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 13, 1996Lavaca County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1996, 7:12 PM CDT for Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
Aug 13, 1996, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lavaca County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 7:16 PM CDTHail 1Shiner, 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2117 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 140013
SVRSAT
TXC285-140115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
712 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN LAVACA COUNTY
 
AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF SHINER. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS
NOTED...ALTHOUGH THE STORM WAS DEVELOPING TO THE EAST.
 
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
Aug 14, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal56 min
Aug 14, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal68 min
Aug 14, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays68 min
Aug 14, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera68 min
Aug 14, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe62 min
Aug 14, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales66 min
Aug 14, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson56 min
Aug 14, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Uvalde66 min
Aug 14, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa56 min

Nearby

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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.