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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 19, 1993Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 1993, 8:32 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 19, 1993, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Val Verde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-10-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1433 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-10-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 200133
TORDRT
TXC465-200200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
ISSUED BY SAN ANTONIO TX
832 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY
 
TWO TORNADOES WERE SPOTTED IN SOUTH DEL RIO AND NEAR THE COUNTY JAIL. PE
OALONG STATE HIGHWAY 277 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 90 SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.
 
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS.  GET TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW!  STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS...BUT GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND CARS.  IF DAMAGE OCCURS NEAR YOU...DO NOT
ATTlEMPT TO WALK AROUND IN THE DARK.  THERE MAY BE DOWNED POWER LINES.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde50 min
Oct 19, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney64 min
Oct 19, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr45 min
Oct 19, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXGillespie44 min
Oct 19, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXReal50 min
Oct 19, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall47 min
Oct 19, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera53 min
Oct 19, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBlanco57 min
Oct 19, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet49 min
Oct 19, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano27 min
Oct 19, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera33 min
Oct 19, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXHays, Travis, Williamson47 min
Oct 19, 11:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall4 hr
Oct 20, 12:07 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson53 min
Oct 20, 12:16 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson44 min
Oct 20, 4:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal4 hr
Oct 20, 4:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall4 hr
Oct 20, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera42 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.