Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 1993, 12:21 AM CDT for Lampasas County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 1993, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 1993, 12:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lampasas County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1658 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 130523 TORAUS TXC281-130615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1221 AM CDT WED OCT 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...LAMPASAS COUNTY AT 1220 AM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF LAMPASAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF TORNADOS AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM DOES SHOW SOME ROTATION AND MAY HAVE A TORNADO ASSOCIATED WITH IT. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND AT OR ABOVE 60 M PH...LARGE HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. HAVE ALL LOOSE YARD ITEMS STOWED. TELL YOUR KIDS WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO GO BEFORE THE STORM HITS.
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, Oct 12, 7:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ183-130145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 745 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 740 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT...BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 7:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ183-130145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 745 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 740 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT...BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 7:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ205-206-184-223-207-222-189-186-202-185-203-221-130015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 750 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE PARTS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 745 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN GONZALES COUNTY. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE NORTH OF THE HILL COUNTRY SOUTHEAST TOWARDS VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE THIS EVENING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. THE WARM MOISTd AIR OVER THE REGION IS RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. OUTFLOWS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH AND EAST COULD RAPIDLY TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 7:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ205-206-184-223-207-222-189-186-202-185-203-221-130015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 750 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE PARTS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 745 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN GONZALES COUNTY. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE NORTH OF THE HILL COUNTRY SOUTHEAST TOWARDS VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE THIS EVENING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. THE WARM MOIST AIR OVER THE REGION IS RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. OUTFLOWS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH AND EAST COULD RAPIDLY TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 11:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-130515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1112 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 2 AM... AT 1110 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHNSON CITY...15 MILES WEST OF RICHLAND SPRINGS...AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRIDDY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION AS CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOHMANN
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 11:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-130515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1112 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 2 AM... AT 1110 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHNSON CITY...15 MILES WEST OF RICHLAND SPRINGS...AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRIDDY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THR4OUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION AS CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOHMANN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 55 min |
| Oct 12, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Goliad, Victoria | 63 min |
| Oct 12, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 67 min |
| Oct 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 59 min |
| Oct 12, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 67 min |
| Oct 12, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 79 min |
| Oct 12, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Victoria | 48 min |
| Oct 12, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kendall | 57 min |
| Oct 12, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Victoria | 61 min |
| Oct 13, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar | 117 min |
| Oct 13, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 56 min |
| Oct 13, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Llano | 60 min |
| Oct 13, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 65 min |
| Oct 13, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | San Saba | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Llano | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 53 min |
| Oct 13, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 64 min |
| Oct 13, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 26 min |
| Oct 13, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Kendall | 58 min |
| Oct 13, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 44 min |
| Oct 13, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 60 min |
| Oct 13, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes, Wilson | 65 min |
| Oct 13, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 47 min |
| Oct 13, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 55 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.