Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1991, 10:38 PM CDT for Jackson 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
- Jun 16, 1991, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1991, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Jackson, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1298 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 170339 TORVCT TXC239-170445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1038 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF TROOPER REPORTS A TORNADO DOWN IN THE AREA OF THE LAVACA RIVER BRIDGE AT HIGHWAY 59 JUST SOUTH OF EDNA AT 1032 PM CDT. NO MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. SOME DAMAGE TO A HOUSE BUT NO INJURIES IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-170300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
815 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1991
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FAYETTE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS STATIONARY OVER TRAVIS...HAYS
AND SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...
AT 810 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM DRIPPING
SPRINGS TO AUSTIN AND GEORGETOWN. NUNEROUS REPORTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN PER HOUR HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE WEST SIDE OF AUSTIN NORTH
TO ROUND ROCK. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
SOME STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE SPICEWOOD SPRINGS AREA AND
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JESTER AND FM 2222. SOME EARLY RAINFALL REPORTS
ARE /1.32 IN ONE HOUR AT GREAT HILLS/ LOOP 620 AND 183 1.5 IN ONE HOUR/
1 INCH AT ZILKER SCHOOL IN 16 MINUTE/. PERSONS NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS
ARE ADIVED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE AT A MONEMENTS NOTICE.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
STAY TUNE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ054-170225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 821 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1991 AT 815 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHWERS NEAR LOMA ALTA AND ISOLATED SHOWERS IN WESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR OZONA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH OUT OF DEL RIO ALONG HIGHWAYS 277N AND 377N SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAIN SLICKENED ROADS AND BE ALERT FOR FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TXZ034>035-038>039-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 915 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1991 THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KERR COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE WERE RECEIVED SO FAR IN KERR COUNTY. OTHERWISE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE EAST OF SAN ANTONIO... KENDALL COUNTY...AND IN ATASCOSA COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHT ...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MOVEMENT OF ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS GENEARALLY TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO DISSIPATE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THER AIR COOLS AND THE OUTFLOWS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WEAKEN. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-170330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 912 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1991 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MILLS...SAN SABA...AND LAMPASAS COUNTIES... AT 909 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED FROM STONEWALL TO JOHNSON CITY TO ROUND MOUNTAIN AND IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE BUCHANAN. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER WESTERN TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID ALL TRAVEL TONIGHT ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF AUSTIN. IN ADDITION...THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL fAND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV/RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
TXZ054-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 927 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1991 AT 920 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR OZONA AND IN MEXICO...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN OCCUR SOME DISTANCE FROM THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM CLOUD...SO DONT BE CAUGHT UNAWARE...ALLOW YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH SAFETY IF CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENzTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 10:27 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-170430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1020 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1991 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MILLS...SAN SABA...AND LAMPASAS COUNTIES... AT 1016 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WIDESPREAD OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NORTH OF NEW BRAUNFELS. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. INTENSITIES HAVE DECREASED CONSIDERABLY DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS WITH A SHIFT SOUTHWARD OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL. LOW LYING AREAS MAY STILL HAVE STANDING WATER...AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV/RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kerr | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Jackson | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 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.