Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 1993, 8:58 PM CDT for Llano County, San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 1993, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 1993, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Llano County, TX, San Saba County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1633 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 140159 TORAUS TXC411-299-140245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 858 PM CDT MON SEP 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SAN SABA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN LLANO COUNTY AT 855 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF PONTOTOC IN LLANO COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING TOWARD CHEROKEE AND SAN SABA BY 930 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. A VOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS... BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
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, Sep 13, 3:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ030-034-036-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 356 PM CDT MON SEP 13 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY... THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...MILLS...SAN SABA. AT 355 PM NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN OR NEAR MILLS OR SAN SABA COUNTIES, BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SL
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-036-132315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 520 PM CDT MON SEP 13 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MILLS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...HAYS...LAMPASAS...MILLS...SAN SABA...LLANO...BURNET...GILLESPIE AND BLANCO COUNTIES... AT 510 PM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SAN ANGELO TO SONORA TO DEL RIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL TEXAS CAUSING A RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND RIVERS...FLOODING LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER ANY FLOODED ROADS OR INTO FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SL
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-036-132315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 520 PM CDT MON SEP 13 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MILLS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...HAYS...LAMPASAS...MILLS...SAN SABA...LLANO...BURNET...GILLESPIE AND BLANCO COUNTIES... AT 510 PM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SAN ANGELO TO SONORA TO DEL RIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL TEXAS CAUSING A RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND RIVERS...FLOODING LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER ANY FLOODED ROADS OR INTO FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SL
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-036-140015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 615 PM CDT MON SEP 13 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MILLS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-35... AT 6 PM THERE WAS NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL TEXAS. HOWEVER, AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF KERRVILLE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO GILLESPIE AND BLANCO COUNTIES BY 8 PM. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SL
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-036-140015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 615 PM CDT MON SEP 13 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MILLS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-35... AT 6 PM THERE WAS NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL TEXAS. HOWEVER, AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF KERRVILLE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO GILLESPIE AND BLANCO COUNTIES BY 8 PM. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH AMOUNTS OF 2 INC4HES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SL
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ039-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 720 PM CDT SUN SEP 13 1993 WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO AND MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS SAN ANTONIO THIS EVENING. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR HELOTES...WHILE OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF SAN ANTONIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF BLINDING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS DURING THE NEXT HOUR IN AND AROUND BEXAR COUNTY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | San Saba | 36 min |
| Sep 13, 10:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 10:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 52 min |
| Sep 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 60 min |
| Sep 13, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | San Saba | 50 min |
| Sep 13, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 48 min |
| Sep 13, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet | 63 min |
| Sep 14, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 42 min |
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.