Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1994, 5:43 PM CDT for Jim Wells County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1994, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 3519 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 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 132243 TORCRP TXC249-355-132345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 543 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY..S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...JIM WELLS COUNTY...NUECES COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 540 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ALICE TO BETWEEN MATHIS AND ODEM. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH SOME DAMAGE NEAR ORANGE GROVE AND FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE SIGHTED IN WESTERN NUECES COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. &
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 13, 2:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 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
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 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, 2 hours 10 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)
05Local storm report, May 13, 3:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 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)
05Local storm report, May 13, 4:48 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
450 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.
POWER LINES AND TREES LITTER THE STREETS AND ALONG
HIGHWAY 95 NORTH TO FLATONIA. (LAVACA COUNTY)
05Local storm report, May 13, 4:50 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
450 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.
POWER LINES AND TREES LITTER THE STREETS AND ALONG
HIGHWAY 95 NORTH TO FLATONIA. (LAVACA COUNTY)
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 69 min |
| May 13, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 60 min |
| May 13, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 68 min |
| May 13, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, San Patricio | 2 hr |
| May 13, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 103 min |
| May 13, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 103 min |
Nearby
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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.