Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1993, 1:07 PM CDT for DeWitt County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report 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 18, 1993, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1993, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County DeWitt County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Meyersville, TX | The County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado near United States Highway 183 and CR237. Several large limbs were blown down in the City of Cuero and a few trees were uprooted. The public reported a tornado near Meyersville. |
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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 181807 TORVCT TXC123-181915- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 107 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...DEWITT COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT US183 AND CR237 AT 100 PM CDT MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. ROOF BLOWN OFF, TREES DOWN AND STRONG WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY...YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 51 min |
| May 18, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 37 min |
| May 18, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 64 min |
| May 18, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 61 min |
| May 18, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick, Zavala | 57 min |
| May 18, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 53 min |
| May 18, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Victoria | 2 hr |
| May 18, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Victoria | 68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.