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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 14, 1996Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 1996, 10:59 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
Sep 14, 1996, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 1996, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Edwards County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 00:00Z on 1996-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1372 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
1372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 150359
TORSAT
TXC137-150500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1059 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY
 
AT POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST EDWARDS COUNTY JUST
SOUTH OF CARTA VALLEY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT NEAR 30
MPH.  TAKE COVER IF YOUR ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS.  GET TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW!  STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS...BUT GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND CARS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde4 hr
Sep 14, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde61 min
Sep 14, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney62 min
Sep 14, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde42 min
Sep 14, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde42 min
Sep 14, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Maverick64 min
Sep 15, 12:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKinney3 hr
Sep 15, 12:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards3 hr
Sep 15, 12:56 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXUvalde64 min
Sep 15, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde55 min
Sep 15, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal, Uvalde3 hr
Sep 15, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina68 min
Sep 15, 5:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal52 min
Sep 15, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe60 min
Sep 15, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays44 min
Sep 15, 8:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.