Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1993, 12:34 AM CDT for Lampasas County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1993, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1993, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 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, 5.6 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
- 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 11:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-200500- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1100 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR MILLS...SAN SABA... LAMPASAS...LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON AND MILAM COUNTIES... AT 1055 PM...RADAR SHOWED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAKE BUCHANAN. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADAMSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHERN BURNET COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LAMPASAS COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE CITY OF SAN SABA A ROUND 10 PM. HOHMANN &
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 11:54 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-200600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1154 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR MILLS...SAN SABA... LAMPASAS...LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON AND MILAM COUNTIES... AT 1150 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BRIGGS AND LAMPASAS... AND 15 MILES NORTH OF ADAMSVILLE. THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY...BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. HOHMANN
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 11:54 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-200600- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1154 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR MILLS...SAN SABA... LAMPASAS...LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON AND MILAM COUNTIES... AT 1150 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BRIGGS AND LAMPASAS... AND 15 MILES NORTH OF ADAMSVILLE. THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY...BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. HOHMANN
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 11:55 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-200600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1154 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR MILLS...SAN SABA... LAMPASAS...LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON AND MILAM COUNTIES... AT 1150 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BRIGGS AND LAMPASAS... AND 15 MILES NORTH OF ADAMSVILLE. THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY...BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LI GHTNING... GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. HOHMANN
Local storm report, Apr 19, 11:59 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1200 AM CDT TUE APR 20 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT OF EVENING OF APR 19 1993...
810 PM SAN SABA 3/4 INCH HAIL AT RICHLAND SPRINGS BY THE
SAN SABA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
812 PM SAN SABA DIME SIZE HAIL AND ESTIMATED 55 TO 60 MPH WINDS
AT RICHLAND SPRINGS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.
903 PM SAN SABA FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT SLOAN ALONG WITH 1 INCH
SIZE HAIL. (SAN SABA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE)
908 PM SAN SABA TORNADO REPORTED AT HALL VALLEY (SAN SABA SHERIFFS)
915 PM SAN SABA QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF SAN SABA REPORTED
BY TV-36 STORMTRACKER.
938 PM MILLS ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF PRIDDY 1 TO 11/2 INCH SIZE HAIL
AS REPORTED BY THE MILLS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
958 PM SAN SABA 3/4 INCH HAIL IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY OF
& SAN SABA REPORTED BY A TV-36 STORMTRACKER.
LUNALocal storm report, Apr 20, 12:00 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1200 AM CDT TUE APR 20 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT OF EVENING OF APR 19 1993...
810 PM SAN SABA 3/4 INCH HAIL AT RICHLAND SPRINGS BY THE
SAN SABA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
812 PM SAN SABA DIME SIZE HAIL AND ESTIMATED 55 TO 60 MPH WINDS
AT RICHLAND SPRINGS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.
903 PM SAN SABA FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT SLOAN ALONG WITH 1 INCH
SIZE HAIL. (SAN SABA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE)
908 PM SAN SABA TORNADO REPORTED AT HALL VALLEY (SAN SABA SHERIFFS)
915 PM SAN SABA QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF SAN SABA REPORTED
BY TV-36 STORMTRACKER.
938 PM MILLS ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF PRIDDY 1 TO 11/2 INCH SIZE HAIL
AS REPORTED BY THE MILLS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
958 PM SAN SABA 3/4 INCH HAIL IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY OF
SAN SABA REPORTED BY A TV-36 STORMTRACKER.
LUNAThe 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, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | San Saba | 26 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 |
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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.