Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1993, 9:04 PM CDT for San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1993, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Saba County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 200207 COR TORAUS TXC411-200230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 904 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...EASTERN SAN SABA COUNTY AT 903 PM RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN SABA AND CHEROKEE. MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN EASTERN SAN SABA COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW... A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED IN THE HALL VALLEY VICINITY. 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. &
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, Apr 19, 8:04 PM CDT, 1 hour before
TXZ030-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 804 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SAN SAN SABA COUNTY... AT 8 PM RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INT0 WESTERN SAN SABCOUNTY. THIS HAS INTENSIFIED BETWEEN 745 AND 8 PM AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR RICHLAND SPRINGS BY 815 PM. PERSONS IN SAN SABA COUNTY SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS THIS STORM MOVES OVER SAN SABA COUNTY. LUNA
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 8:06 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
TXZ030-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 804 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SAN SAN SABA COUNTY... AT 8 PM RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INT0 WESTERN SAN SABCOUNTY. THIS HAS INTENSIFIED BETWEEN 745 AND 8 PM AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR RICHLAND SPRINGS BY 815 PM. PERSONS IN SAN SABA COUNTY SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS THIS STORM MOVES OVER SAN SABA COUNTY. LUNA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | San Saba | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Mills | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | San Saba | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 12:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lampasas | 26 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.