Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1993, 8:41 PM CST for Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 1993, 8:41 PM CST (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1993, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lavaca County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 160247 SVRVCT TXC285-160315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 841 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN LAVACA COUNTY AT 843 PM CST VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOULTON MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL WAS INDICTED BETWEEN FLATONIA AND MOULTON. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGInNG WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY...YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
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, Feb 15, 6:38 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ030-035>037-160145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 637 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35... ...AT 633 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WERE FROM BLANCO NORTHEAST THROUGH LAKE TRAVIS TO THORNDALE AND NEAR COLLEGE STATION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS. 4.10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM AT BRAKER AND KRAMER LANE. BECAUSE THESE STORMS ARE REPEATEDLY TRACKING OVER THE SAME AREAS...LOW LYING FLOODING IS L IKELY. MOTORIST SHOULD NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS...AND SLOW DOWN SHOULD HIGH WATER BE ENCOUNTERED WITHOUT WARNING. . STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL TV/RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WH
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 7:11 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
TXZ035-039>040-160300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 710 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR GUADALUPE COUNTY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING. AT 710 PM CST...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTY LINE...NEAR NEW BRAUNFELS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE STRONG AND GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. WHILE THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER...RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE REMINDED THAT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR GUADALUPE COUNTY. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...PROBABLY IN THE FORM OF STRONG AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WIND. HOWEVER...TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIOJ FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 7:14 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
TXZ030-035>037-160245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 715 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35... AT 713 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM SOUTH OF DRIPPING SPRINGS NORTHEAST ACROSS AUSTIN TO ROCKDALE. A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF OAK HILL AND WILL BE AFFECTING SOUTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 745 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS... MARBLE SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL TV/RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WH
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 8:06 PM CST, 35 minutes before
TXZ030-035>037-160300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 805 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...LEE...MILAM.. BURLESON...BASTROP AND CALDWELL COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM... AT 800 PM...A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF SAN MARCOS. THIS STORM PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL AS IT PASSED THROUGH SAN MARCOS AROUND 750 PM. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE TO NAVASOTA. OTHER SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED INTO EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. PERSONS IN CALDWELL...AND ESPECIALLY FAYETTE COUNTY SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS AS STONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL IN THESE COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. WH
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 8:12 PM CST, 29 minutes before
TXZ030-035>037-160300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 810 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL COUNTIES... AT 800 PM...A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF SAN MARCOS. THIS STORM PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL AS IT PASSED THROUGH SAN MARCOS AROUND 750 PM. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE TO NAVASOTA. OTHER SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED INTO EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. PERSONS IN CALDWELL...AND ESPECIALLY FAYETTE COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THOSE COUNTIES. WH
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 8:25 PM CST, 16 minutes before
TXZ035-039>040-160330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 825 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR GUADALUPE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR PERSONS IN GUADALUPE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING HAVE MOVED EAST INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS REMAIN...BUT THEY TOO SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WERE RECEIVED FROM COUNTIES ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.