Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 9:43 PM CDT for San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Patricio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 2863 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 160243 SVRCRP TXC409-160345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 943 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY..... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SAN PATRICIO COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 940 PM CDT CORPUS CHRISTI RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED TO THE EAST OF MATHIS IN WESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. MATHIS WATER DEPARTMENT ESTIMATE WINDS OF 65 MILES PER HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARN~ED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 15, 5:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 500 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM CDT... AT 455 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF HOUSTON TO HALLETTSVILLE TO GONZALES. IN NORTHERN LAVACA COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN SHINER AND HALLETTSVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AS THE ENTIRE AREA IS DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD. PERSONS IN LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR LOCAL RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 06
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-247-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 555 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...TORNADAO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR DEWITT...LAVACA...GOLIAD...VICTORIA AND CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 550 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING FROM HOUSTON TO HALLETTSVILLE TO YORKTOWN. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SAN ANTONIO TO SAN MARCOS. IN NORTHERN LAVACA COUNTY A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HALLETTSVILLE AND SHULENBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE AREA IS DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN VICTORIA AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIOV...TV OR LOCAL RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 06
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 6:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ231-232-240-241-244-245-246-160015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 618 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEE..LIVE OAK...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...SAN PATRICIO...REFUGIO AND ARANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 610 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF EAGLE PASS TO NORTHWEST OF VICTORIA. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THERE CURRENTLY IS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN THE COASTAL BEND...BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AND MOVE OFFSORE LATE TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCAIL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-247-160110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 705 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR DEWITT...LAVACA...GOLIAD...VICTORIA AND CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 700 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM LAGRANGE TO GONZALES TO FALLS CITY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM HOUSTON TO BAY CITY. IN NORTHERN LAVACA COUNTY A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS OCCURRING JUST SOUTH OF SHULENBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE AREA IS DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN VICTORIA AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR LOCAL RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS A"ND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 06
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ231-232-240-241-244-245-246-160130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 726 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEE...LIVE OAK...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...SAN PATRICIO...REFUGIO AND ARANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 720 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF LAREDO TO NORTHWEST OF VICTORIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE AREA DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A FRONT THAT CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXASS THIS EVENING. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBLITIY OF SEVERE WEATEHR AND TORNADOS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 8:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
TXZ231-232-240-241-244-245-246-160230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 829 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEE...LIVE OAK...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...SAN PATRICIO...REFUGIO AND ARANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 820 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LAREDO TO BEEVILLE TO NORTH OF REFUGIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF GEORGE WEST. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AND HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 69 min |
| Apr 15, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.