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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 20, 1996Burnet County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 20, 1996, 6:53 PM CDT for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
Sep 20, 1996, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 1996, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Burnet County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 20, 8:09 PM CDTTornado F0Smithwick, 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 12:00Z on 1996-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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 12:00Z on 1996-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 202358
TORSAT
TXC053-210100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
653 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BURNET COUNTY
 
AT 652 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTH OF LAKE
BUCHCANAN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
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.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A STURDY BUILDING.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
 
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
Sep 19, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson2 hr
Sep 19, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson2 hr
Sep 19, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet2 hr
Sep 19, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet2 hr
Sep 19, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano64 min
Sep 19, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis65 min
Sep 19, 11:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson2 hr
Sep 19, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson2 hr
Sep 20, 12:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis2 hr
Sep 20, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis2 hr
Sep 20, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano58 min
Sep 20, 1:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop2 hr
Sep 20, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop2 hr
Sep 20, 1:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet, Llano2 hr
Sep 20, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano2 hr
Sep 20, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell62 min
Sep 20, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette, Gonzales2 hr
Sep 20, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Gonzales2 hr
Sep 20, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet60 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.