Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1993, 1:19 AM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1993, 1:19 AM CDT (06:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1993, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 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 00:00Z, 6.3 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
- 1500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 310623 COR TORVCT TXC469-310715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 119 AM CDT MON MAY 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...VICTORIA COUNTY AT 110 AM VICTORIA SHERIFF DEPARTMENT RECEIVED REPORT OF A TORNADO IN NORTH VICTORIA NEAR RUSSELL ROAD. VICTORIA RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORM OCCURRING IN VICTORIA MOVING SOUTH A 25 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 SHELTEFR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. 03
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, May 30, 9:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ039-040-310330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 935 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SEGUIN... AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN GUADALUPE COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE CITY OF SEGUIN. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM CANYON LAKE TO NORTHWEST OF GONZALES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. PERSONS IN GUADALUPE COUNTY SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER IN NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER FOR LATER WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 30, 9:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ039-040-310330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 935 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SEGUIN... AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN GUADALUPE COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE CITY OF SEGUIN. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM CANYON LAKE TO NORTHWEST OF GONZALES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. PERSONS IN GUADALUPE COUNTY SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER IN NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER FOR LATER WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Local storm report, May 30, 10:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1015 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT OF MAY 30 1993...
749 PM TRAVIS WIND GUST WSO/AUS TO 59 MPH AND 1/4 INCH HAIL
800 PM L TRAVIS SEVERAL REPORTS OF 1/2 INCH HAIL.
850 PM CALDWELL 3/4 INCH HAIL 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOCKHART
WINDS ESTIMATED TO 60 MPH...SHERIFFS REPORT
WITHROWLocal storm report, May 30, 10:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1015 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT OF MAY 30 1993...
749 PM TRAVIS WIND GUST WSO/AUS TO 59 MPH AND 1/4 INCH HAIL
800 PM TRAVIS SEVERAL REPORTS OF 1/2 INCH HAIL.
850 PM CALDWELL 3/4 INCH HAIL 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOCKHART
WINDS ESTIMATED TO 60 MPH...SHERIFFS REPORT
WITHROWSpecial weather statement, May 30, 10:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ034>036-310500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1024 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CALDWELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 1020 PM...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FROM LEXINGTON TO NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY... HOWEVER THEY ARE STILL CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN LEE AND FAYETTE COUNTIES SHOULD MOVE TO THE INTERIOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE SHOULD THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. HOHMANN
Special weather statement, May 30, 10:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ034>036-310500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1024 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CALDWELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 1020 PM...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FROM LEXINGTON TO NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY... HOWEVER THEY ARE STILL CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN LEE AND FAYETTE COUNTIES SHOULD MOVE TO THE INTERIOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE SHOULD THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. HOHMANN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 43 min |
| May 30, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 48 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.