Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1993, 1:52 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1993, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1993, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Victoria County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 181852 TORVCT TXC469-182000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 152 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...VICTORIA COUNTY THE VICTORIA RADAR SHOWES A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON IN VICTORIA COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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
Local storm report, May 18, 1:19 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED TO INCLUDE LATE WIND REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
119 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993
FOR MAY 18TH...
TIME EVENT
955 AM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 10 MILES WEST OF BRACKETTVILLE, TX
IN KINNEY COUNTY.
1125 AM CDT WIND GUST OF 75 MPH REPORTED AT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE
IN UNIVERSAL CITY, TX IN BEXAR COUNTY.
1139AM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD 4 TO 5 MILES NORTH OF
PLEASANTON, TX IN ATASCOSA COUNTY ON I-37. NO DAMAGE
REPORTED.
1145AM CDT MARBLE-SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND 4 MILES SOUTH OF 1604
IN ATASCOSA COUNTY OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF SAN
ANTONIO.Local storm report, May 18, 1:21 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED TO INCLUDE LATE WIND REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
119 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993
FOR MAY 18TH...
TIME EVENT
955 AM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 10 MILES WEST OF BRACKETTVILLE, TX
IN KINNEY COUNTY.
1125 AM CDT WIND GUST OF 75 MPH REPORTED AT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE
IN UNIVERSAL CITY, TX IN BEXAR COUNTY.
1139AM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD 4 TO 5 MILES NORTH OF
PLEASANTON, TX IN ATASCOSA COUNTY ON I-37. NO DAMAGE
REPORTED.
1145AM CDT MARBLE-SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND 4 MILES SOUTH OF 1604
IN ATASCOSA COUNTY OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF SAN
ANTONIO.Special weather statement, May 18, 1:26 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
TXZ034>036-181945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 130 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 PM FOR BURNET...BLANCO...HAYS... GILLESPIE...LLANO...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...FAYETTE...BASTROP AND CALDWELL COUNTIES... AT 125 PM...RADAR SHOWED STORNG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MILAM COUNTY NEAR CAMERON AND MILANO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS WERE FROM SMITHVRILLE TO LULING AND FLATONIA. THESE RAINS WERE MOVING EAST AS WELL AT 30 MPH. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LUNA
Special weather statement, May 18, 1:30 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
TXZ034>036-181945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 130 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 PM FOR BURNET...BLANCO...HAYS... GILLESPIE...LLANO...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...FAYETTE...BASTROP AND CALDWELL COUNTIES... AT 125 PM...RADAR SHOWED STORNG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MILAM COUNTY NEAR CAMERON AND MILANO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS WERE FROM SMITHVILLE TO LULING AND FLATONIA. THESE RAINS WERE MOVING EAST AS WELL AT 30 MPH. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LUNA : u 26M:D^hr1~Ivyj>:&N^bzVn2
Special weather statement, May 18, 1:40 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
TXZ034>036-181945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 140 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BURNET...BLANCO... HAYS...GILLESPIE...LLANO...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...FAYETTE...BASTROP AND CALDWELL COUNTIES... AT 135 PM...RADAR SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF MILAM COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS WERE NEAR FLATONIA TO SCHULENBUERG. NO OTHER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THE REST OF THE DAY. LUNA
Special weather statement, May 18, 1:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
TXZ034>036-181945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 140 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BURNET...BLANCO... HAYS...GILLESPIE...LLANO...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...FAYETTE...BASTROP AND CALDWELL COUNTIES... AT 135 PM...RADAR SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF MILAM COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS WERE NEAR FLATONIA TO SCHULENBUERG. NO OTHER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THE REST OF THE DAY. LUNA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 51 min |
| May 18, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 37 min |
| May 18, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 64 min |
| May 18, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 61 min |
| May 18, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick, Zavala | 57 min |
| May 18, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 53 min |
| May 18, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 68 min |
| May 18, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Victoria | 2 hr |
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.