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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 14, 1996Bandera County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1996, 4:07 PM CDT for Bandera County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 1996, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1996, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bandera County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1996-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 199 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1996-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-292 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 142108
SVRSAT
TXC019-142215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
407 PM CDT WED AUG 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BANDERA COUNTY
 
AT 405 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR
NORTHWEST OF MEDINA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT
10 MPH. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca63 min
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, 4:28 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.