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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 13, 1994Bee County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1994, 4:37 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1994, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bee County, TX

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 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, May 13, 2:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ231-232-132000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
201 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEE AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES UNTIL
8:00 PM CDT...

AT 140 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM COTULLA TO SAN ANTONIO TO HOUSTON TO CORPUS
CHRISTI AND BACK TO COTULLA. THESE SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS IN THE WEST
HALF OF LIVE OAK COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ231-232-132000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
201 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEE AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES UNTIL
8:00 PM CDT...

AT 140 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM COTULLA TO SAN ANTONIO TO HOUSTON TO CORPUS
CHRISTI AND BACK TO COTULLA. THESE SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN rHOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS IN THE WEST
HALF OF LIVE OAK COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 13, 2:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-247-132030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
212 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR DEWITT...GOLIAD...VICTORA...AND
LAVACA COUNTIES...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES...

AT 205 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES EAST OF AUSTIN TO JUST NORTH OF FALLS CITY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND ENTERING INTO DEWITT COUNTY.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...
WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF FLASH FLOODING...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF DAMAGING TORNADOES...
SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT...BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG REINFORCED
BUILDING SHOULD THE WEATHER BECOME THREATENING.

...STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...

05
Local storm report, May 13, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
335 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

1252 PM CDT SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD
            122 AND FARM ROAD 530 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF VIENNA.
            TRAILER HOUSE WAS DESTROYED...POWER LINES DOWN AND
            DEBRIS COVER ROADWAY. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0130 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR FARM ROAD 530 SOUTHEAST OF
            HALLETTSVILLE. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0247 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY EMC NEAR MOULTON.
            (LAVACA COUNTY)

05
Local storm report, May 13, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
335 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

1252 PM CDT SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD
            122 AND FARM ROAD 530 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF VIENNA.
            TRAILER HOUSE WAS DESTROYED...POWER LINES DOWN AND
            DEBRIS COVER ROADWAY. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0130 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR FARM ROAD 530 SOUTHEAST OF
            HALLETTSVILLE. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0247 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY EMC NEAR MOULTON.
            (LAVACA COUNTY)

05

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak69 min
May 13, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak60 min
May 13, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, San Patricio2 hr
May 13, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces62 min
May 13, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio103 min
May 13, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg103 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.