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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1993, 1:30 AM CST for Bandera County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 1993, 1:30 AM CST (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1993, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bandera County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 12.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 29, 11:13 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038>041-054-300630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1111 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF EAGLE PASS TO COTULLA TO SAN ANTONIO (INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA) TO BLANCO AND BURNET TIL 3 AM... AT 1105 PM THIS EVENING...A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR MASON TO JUNCTION TO ROCKSPRINGS TO JUST NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OR INDICATIONS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS LINE YET. HOWEVER...IT IS NOW MOVING INTO A WARMER...MORE MOIST AND MUCH MORE UNSTABLE AIR...AND PORTIONS OF THE LINE COULD BECOME SEVERE VERY QUICKLY. LARGE HAIL WILL BE A THREAT ONCE AGAIN AS THIS LINE ENTERS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND...SINCE THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS 40 MILES PER HOUR. AND...BY THE VERY NATURE OF THESE STORMS...HEAVY RAIN AND VERY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE INEVITABLE. EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:46 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
TXZ030-034>036-300645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1145 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 3 AM... AT 1140 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND CURRENTLY EXTENDED FROM DEL RIO TO MASON TO SAN SABA. A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING THE NORTHERN PARTS OF GILLESPIE COUNTY. THE COMMUNITIES OF DOSS AND CHERRY SPRINGS ARE NEAR THE IMMEDIATE PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE COVER. HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS AND POSSIBLnE WARNINGS. HOHMANN
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:50 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038>041-054-300700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1150 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF EAGLE PASS TO COTULLA TO SAN ANTONIO (INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA) TO BLANCO AND BURNET TIL 3 AM... AT 1145 PM THIS EVENING...A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR MASON TO JUNCTION TO ROCKSPRINGS AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF BRACKETVILLE. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THERE IS A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE TORNADOES...THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS THIS LINE MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AS THE LINE PASSED THROUGH JUNCTION...WINDS GUSTED TO 37 MILES AN HOUR. PART OF THE REASON FOR THE GUSTY WINDS IS SIMPLY THE VERY RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS THEMSELVES. EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND VERY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 12:14 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ054-300700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1215 AM CST TUE MAR 30 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM CST... AT 1210 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM LOMA ALTA TO LANGTRY. A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO IN MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 12:33 AM CST, 57 minutes before
TXZ054-300730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1235 AM CST MON MAR 29 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM CST... AT 1230 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO TO DEL RIO TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF DEL RIO WHERE PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IBN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 1:06 AM CST, 24 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 6:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 68 min |
| Mar 29, 7:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 58 min |
| Mar 29, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 60 min |
| Mar 29, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 66 min |
| Mar 29, 9:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Zavala | 41 min |
| Mar 29, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 58 min |
| Mar 29, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 12:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 12:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 66 min |
| Mar 30, 12:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 63 min |
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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.