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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 18, 1993Lampasas County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 1993, 8:16 AM CDT for Lampasas County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 18, 1993, 8:16 AM CDT (13:16 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 1993, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Lampasas County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 18, 8:25 AM CDT	Tornado F0	Lometa, TX	A brief tornado touchdown was reported in Northern Lampasas County by the Department of Public Safety.
Oct 18, 8:25 AM CDT	Tornado F0	Lampasas, TX	The Department of Public Safety reported a tornado in the northern part of the County.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAUS 181318
TORAUS
TXC281-181400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
816 AM CDT MON OCT 18 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  9 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...LAMPASAS COUNTY
 
AT 815 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A
POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR LOMETA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
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. AVOID
WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...
BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IrNTO A DITCH OR
CULVERT. CURL UP AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR ARMS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 18, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Mills, San Saba	47 min
Oct 18, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	San Saba	60 min
Oct 18, 7:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	San Saba	35 min
Oct 18, 7:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	San Saba	50 min
Oct 18, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	San Saba	40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.