Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1993, 7:02 PM CDT for Comal County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
- May 9, 1993, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Comal County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Sattler, TX | A pilot reported two tornados over the north part of Comal County. No damage was reported. The Bulverde Police Department reported dime-size hail in town. |
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | New Braunfels, TX | A pilot reported two tornados over the north part of Comal County. No damage was reported. The Bulverde Police Department reported dime-size hail in town. |
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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 2966 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 100003 TORSAT TXC091-100045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 702 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...COMAL COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ON THE COMAL-HAYES COUNTY LINE JUST EAST OF FISCHER STORE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT WILL CARRY IT OVER THE EAST END OF CANYON LAKE WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES AND COULD BE HEADED TOWARD THE CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING.
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, May 9, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ034-035-039-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 450 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF THE HILL COUNTRY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT FOR KERR...BANDERA...REAL...KENDALL...AND COMAL COUNTIES IN ADDITION TO AREAS NORTH OF THOSE COUNTIES. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AT THIS TIME. AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE AUSTIN AREA...AND WEST OF AUSTIN MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH. SOME OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD BUILD SOUTHWARD INTO KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WHICH CONTINUES ACROSS BANDERA...REAL AND KERR COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER THREAT AND ISSUE STATEMENTS AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA IS URGED TO MONITOR A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION AND STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CHANGES.
Special weather statement, May 9, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ034-035-039-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 450 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF THE HILL COUNTRY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT FOR KERR...BANDERA...REAL...KENDALL...AND COMAL COUNTIES IN ADDITION TO AREAS NORTH OF THOSE COUNTIES. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AT THIS TIME. AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE AUSTIN AREA...AND WEST OF AUSTIN MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH. SOME OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD BUILD SOUTHWARD INTO KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WHICH CONTINUES ACROSS BANDERA...REAL AND KERR COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER THREAT AND ISSUE STATEMENTS AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA IS URGED TO MONITOR A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION AND STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CHANGES.
Special weather statement, May 9, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
TXZ034-035-039-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 545 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF THE HILL COUNTRY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT FOR KERR...BANDERA...KENDALL...AND COMAL COUNTIES IN ADDITION TO AREAS NORTH OF THOSE COUNTIES. REAL COUNTY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 540 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE AUSTIN AREA...AND WEST OF AUSTIN MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH. SOME OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BUILDING SOUTHWARD INTO KENDALL AND WILL BE MOVING INTO COMAL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES SHOULD WATCH CLOSELY FOR ANY DEVELOPING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE SPOTTED OR SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. KERR AND BANDERA COUNTIES CONTINUE IN THE TORNADO WATCH. HOWEVER... NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE THREATENING KERR OR BANDERA COUNTIES AT THIS TIME. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER THREAT AND ISSUE STATEMENTS AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA IS URGED TO MONITOR A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION AND STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CHANGES.
Special weather statement, May 9, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
TXZ034-035-039-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 545 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF THE HILL COUNTRY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT FOR KERR...BANDERA...KENDALL...AND COMAL COUNTIES IN ADDITION TO AREAS NORTH OF THOSE COUNTIES. REAL COUNTY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 540 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE AUSTIN AREA...AND WEST OF AUSTIN MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH. SOME OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BUILDING SOUTHWARD INTO KENDALL AND WILL BE MOVING INTO COMAL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES SHOULD WATCH CLOSELY FOR ANY DEVELOPING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE SPOTTED OR SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. KERR AND BANDERA COUNTIES CONTINUE IN THE TORNADO WATCH. HOWEVER... NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE THREATENING KERR OR BANDERA COUNTIES AT THIS TIME. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER THREAT AND ISSUE STATEMENTS AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA IS URGED TO MONITOR A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION AND STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CHANGES. hb8L WEATHE?6WWUS *66WWUS D7q4WSUS $ WUUSz 0XWSUS6 #6WWUS. " WUUS 88 WUUSH <q`WWUS 08G WSPAb . IN SOUTH ARKANSAS ' `WWUS\ TY AT 530 3U^WSUS2 4 WWUS TED A SEVERE TERSTORM JUST EAS-b6WWUS DOKLAHOMA MOVING =g6WWUS
Special weather statement, May 9, 6:45 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
TXZ034-035-039-100300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 645 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...KERR AND BANDERA COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 640 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM BLANCO TO AUSTIN AND 10 MILES EAST OF LOCKHART. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR BOERNE NORTHEAST TO NEAR CAMERON AND FROM FLORESVILLE TO BASTROP TO LEXINGTON. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OR RISING WATER BE OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE COLD FRONT TRIGGERING THE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS MONDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. DRIER AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING AN END TO THE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ESPCEIALLY THOSE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 9, 6:57 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
TXZ034-035-039-100300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 645 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...KERR AND BANDERA COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 640 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM BLANCO TO AUSTIN AND 10 MILES EAST OF LOCKHART. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR BOERNE NORTHEAST TO NEAR CAMERON AND FROM FLORESVILLE TO BASTROP TO LEXINGTON. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OR RISING WATER BE OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE COLD FRONT TRIGGERING THE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS MONDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. DRIER AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING AN END TO THE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ESPCEIALLY THOSE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR TtHE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 67 min |
| May 9, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 57 min |
| May 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 62 min |
| May 9, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 66 min |
| May 9, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 67 min |
| May 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 60 min |
| May 9, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 40 min |
| May 9, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 65 min |
| May 9, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 61 min |
| May 10, 12:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Webb | 58 min |
| May 10, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Jackson | 62 min |
| May 10, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Webb | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1993Every tornado warning in 1993Tornadoes in 1993
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.