Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1993, 12:32 AM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1993, 12:32 AM CDT (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1993, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Webb County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 100538 TORSAT TXC479-100630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1232 AM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...NORTHERN WEBB COUNTY AT 1230 AM CDT...THE LASALLE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT DISPATCHER REPORTED ONE OF HIS UNITS SPOTTED A TORNADO ABOUT 4 TO 5 MILES EAST OF ENCINAL ON STATE HIGHWAY 44. ENCINAL IS LOCATED ON THE LASALLE-WEBB COUNTY LINE ON U.S. INTERSTATE 35 ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF COTULLA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM CELL SPAWNING THIS TORNADO IS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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 ATTEMPT TO WALK AROUND IN THE DARK. THERE MAY BE DOWNED POWER LINES. &
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
Local storm report, May 9, 9:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
943 PM CDT SUN MAY 09 1993
FOR MAY 9TH...
TIME EVENT
730 PM CDT 3/4-INCH HAIL AT SATTLER IN NORTHEAST COMAL COUNTY.
BETWEEN HONDO AND CASTROVILLE IN MEDINA COUNTY.
745 PM CDT PILOT REPORT RELAYED TO SAN ANGELO FLIGHT SERVICE
STATION...TWO TORNADOES SEEN...ONE BETWEEN SAN
MARCOS AND NEW BRAUNFELS NEAR COMAL/GUADALUPE
COUNTY LINE AND ONE OVER THE CANYON LAKE AREA
IN NORTHERN COMAL COUNTY.
900 PM CDT GONZALES COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 3/4" HAIL IN TOWN
OF GONZALESLocal storm report, May 9, 9:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
943 PM CDT SUN MAY 09 1993
FOR MAY 9TH...
TIME EVENT
730 PM CDT 3/4-INCH HAIL AT SATTLER IN NORTHEAST COMAL COUNTY.
BETWEEN HONDO AND CASTROVILLE IN MEDINA COUNTY.
745 PM CDT PILOT REPORT RELAYED TO SAN ANGELO FLIGHT SERVICE
STATION...TWO TORNADOES SEEN...ONE BETWEEN SAN
MARCOS AND NEW BRAUNFELS FNEAR COMAL/GUADALUPE
COUNTY LINE AND ONE OVER THE CANYON LAKE AREA
IN NORTHERN COMAL COUNTY.
900 PM CDT GONZALES COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 3/4" HAIL IN TOWN
OF GONZALESLocal storm report, May 9, 11:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1130 PM CDT SUN MAY 09 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT OF MAY 9TH...1993
200 PM LAMPASAS QUARTER SIZE HAIL OVER NORTHCENTRAL LAMPASAS COUNTY
(WEATHER WATCHER)
205 PM MILLS 3/4 INCH HAIL AT GOLDTHWAITE...RELAYED BY DPS
LAMPASAS.
306 PM LLANO LAKE BUCHANAN...1/2 INCH HAIL.
440 PM GILLESPIE PEA SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND WEST OF STONEWALL.
444 PM BLANCO 11/2 INCH HAIL VCNTY OF RR 2721 AND HWY 290.
515 PM TRAVIS EST. WIND GUST TO 65 MPH AT MANOR. (HAMS)
519 PM HAYS SHERIFFS OFC...MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT 217 MILE MARKER
ON IH35. FUNNEL CLOUD AT KYLE.
534 PM BLANCO 11/2 INCH HAIL AT JOHNSON CITY. (HAMS)
656 PM HAYS 1/2-3/4 INCH HAIL BY WEATHER WATCHER AT BUDA.
709 PM COMAL POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT FISHER JUST OVER
THE COMAL COUNTY LINE. NOTE: WSFO SAT... (HAMS)
710 PM HAYS 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN MARCOS...MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
(HAYS CO. SHERIFFS OFC)
715 PM HAYS 1 INCH HAIL AT SETTLEMENT SUBDIVISION ALONG RR 12,
WEST OF SAN MARCOS (PUBLIC)
722 PM HAYS GOLFBALL HAIL AT DEERWOOD SUBDIVISION, NEAR FACTORY
OUTLET MALL ON IH35, JUST SOUTH OF SAN MARCOS.
(SAN MARCOS POLICE DEPART.)
725 PM HAYS JELLY BEAN HAIL ALONG IH35 AT HAYS/COMAL COUNTY
LINE. (PUBLIC)
DUGANLocal storm report, May 9, 11:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1130 PM CDT SUN MAY 09 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT OF MAY 9TH...1993
200 PM LAMPASAS QUARTER SIZE HAIL OVER NORTHCENTRAL LAMPASAS COUNTY
(WEATHER WATCHER)
205 PM MILLS 3/4 INCH HAIL AT GOLDTHWAITE...RELAYED BY DPS
LAMPASAS.
306 PM LLANO LAKE BUCHANAN...1/2 INCH HAIL.
440 PM GILLESPIE PEA SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND WEST OF STONEWALL.
444 PM BLANCO 11/2 INCH HAIL VCNTY OF RR 2721 AND HWY 290.
515 PM TRAVIS EST. WIND GUST TO 65 MPH AT MANOR. (HAMS)
519 PM HAYS SHERIFFS OFC...MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT 217 MILE MARKER
ON IH35. FUNNEL CLOUD AT KYLE.
534 PM BLANCO 11/2 INCH HAIL AT JOHNSON CITY. (HAMS)
656 PM HAYS 1/2-3/4 INCH HAIL BY WEATHER WATCHER AT BUDA.
709 PM COMAL POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT FISHER JUST OVER
THE COMAL COUNTY LINE. NOTE: WSFO SAT... (HAMS)
710 PM HAYS 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN MARCOS...MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
(HAYS CO. SHERIFFS OFC)
715 PM HAYS 1 INCH HAIL AT SETTLEMENT SUBDIVISION ALONG RR 12,
WEST OF SAN MARCOS (PUBLIC)
722 PM HAYS GOLFBALL HAIL AT DEERWOOD SUBDIVISION, NEAR FACTORY
OUTLET MALL ON IH35, JUST SOUTH OF SAN MARCOS.
(SAN MARCOS POLICE DEPART.)
725 PM HAYS JELLY BEAN HAIL ALONG IH35 AT HAYS/COMAL COUNTY
LINE. (PUBLIC)
DUGANSpecial weather statement, May 9, 11:49 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
TXZ038-041-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1149 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 HONDO RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM CARRIZO SPRINGS EASTWARD TO NEAR COTULLA AND TILDEN. THESE THUNDERSTROMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER NORTHWEST OF LAREDO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS RATE OF SPEED THESE STORMS COULD AFFECT THE LAREDO AREA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, May 9, 11:49 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
TXZ038-041-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1149 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 HONDO RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM CARRIZO SPRINGS EASTWARD TO NEAR COTULLA AND TILDEN. THESE THUNDERSTROMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER NORTHWEST OF LAREDO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS RATE OF SPEED THESE STORMS COULD AFFECT THE LAREDO AREA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Comal | 43 min |
| 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, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Jackson | 62 min |
| May 10, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Webb | 6 hr |
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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.