Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 23, 1993, 10:26 PM CST for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 1993, 10:26 PM CST (04:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 1993, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1454 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 240426 SVRAUS TXC149-240530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1026 PM CST SAT JAN 23 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 1025 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF CISTERN MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE MOVING INTO FAYETTE COUNTY AND PERSONS THROUGHOUT FAYETTE COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. WH WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...GET INSIDE. DON'T USE TELE- PHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR CAR. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR NEAR METAL OBJECTS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND AT OR ABOVE 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. HAVE ALL LOOSE YARD ITEMS STOWED. TELL YOUR KIDS WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO GO BEFORE THE STORM HITS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jan 23, 5:57 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ030-036-037-240130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 557 PM CST SAT JAN 23 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LAMPASAS...WILLIAMSON AND MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM... AT 555 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE DALLAS METROPLEX SOUTH TO HILLSBORO. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE WILL COUNTINUE TO BUILD ON ITS SOUTHERN END AND COULD AFFECT THE FAR NORTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS AFTER 8 PM. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jan 23, 7:36 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ034>049-054-240400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 735 PM CST SAT JAN 23 1993 ...STRONG COLD FRONT HEADED FOR SOUTH TEXAS WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS... A STRONG COLD FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY WAS POISED TO PUSH INTO SOUTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT...USHERING STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 55 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SAN ANGELO BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...BUT THE COLDER AIR REMAINS FURTHER NORTH OVER THE WEST TEXAS PLAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ERUPTING MAINLY OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING...AS FAR SOUTH AS THE WACO AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM WHICH INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST...AND RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE TEXAS COAST DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS ON SUNDAY...WITH THE WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH"OUT THE DAY SUNDAY...ALONG WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES.
Special weather statement, Jan 23, 7:54 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ030-036-037-240800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 745 PM CST SAT JAN 23 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LAMPASAS...WILLIAMSON AND MILAM COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR MILAM COUNTY... AT 740 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST OF WACO MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN 125 MILES OF AUSTIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WAS MOVING THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY AND CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN AFFECT THIS FRONT WILL HAVE ON OUR SOUTH TEXAS AREA WILL BE STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS. WINDS GUSTED TO 55 MPH JUST &BEFORE 7 PM AT SAN ANJELO. PERSONS THROUGHOUT SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD TIE DOWN OR TAKE INSIDE ANY LOOSE ITEMS...AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. WH
Special weather statement, Jan 23, 9:22 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-240600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 920 PM CST SAT JAN 23 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MILAM COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 915 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF COLLEGE STATION MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE NO PRECIPITATION WAS NOTED WITHIN 100 MILES OF AUSTIN. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED TO EAST TEXAS WHERE A TORNADO WATCH WILL REMAINr IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM. PERSONS THROUGHOUT SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE VERY GUSTY WINDS ESPECIALLY PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WH
Special weather statement, Jan 23, 9:27 PM CST, 59 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-240600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AMMENDED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 925 PM CST SAT JAN 23 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MILAM COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 920 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF COLLEGE STATION MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE NO PRECIPITATION WAS NOTED WITHIN 100 MILES OF AUSTIN. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED TO EAST TEXAS WHERE A TORNADO WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM. PERSONS THROUGHOUT SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE VERY GUSTY WINDS ESPECIALLY PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS WERE SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH WITH A GUST TO 46 MPH AT 920 PM. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG OVERNIGHT AND SHOULD SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT TOWARD MORNING. WH
Special weather statement, Jan 23, 10:13 PM CST, 13 minutes before
TXZ034>037-240515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1014 PM CST SAT JAN 23 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN... AT 1010 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A CLOD FRONT FROM LOCKHART THROUGH SMITHVILLE AND SOMERVILLE TO COLLEGE STATION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BURLESON...BASTROP...CALDWELL ANFD ESPECIALLY FAYETTE COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL TV/RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WH
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.