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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 20, 1996, 8:56 PM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 3 reports 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, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 1996, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Travis County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Lago Vista, TX | |
| Sep 20, 9:35 PM CDT | Hail 2 | North Portion, TX | |
| Sep 20, 9:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Southeast Austin, 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, 1.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 210158 RRA TORSAT TXC453-210300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 856 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TRAVIS COUNTY AT 855 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM TO THE NORTHWEST OF BEE CAVE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 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. 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. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER TAKING PLACE...CALL YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THEh NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 7:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 64 min |
| Sep 20, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Travis | 57 min |
| Sep 20, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 59 min |
| Sep 20, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 117 min |
| Sep 20, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 65 min |
| Sep 20, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 59 min |
| Sep 20, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 55 min |
| Sep 21, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 52 min |
| Sep 21, 12:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 51 min |
| Sep 21, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 65 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.