Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 1994, 11:58 PM CDT for Hays County, Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1994, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1994, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hays County, TX, Travis County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 2844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 13.7
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 flash flood 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 29, 7:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
TXC333-411-300145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 746 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 ...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON AND COUNTIES TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST...UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT... AT 745 PM...RADAR DETECTED A LARGE SUPER-CELL COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER A 50 MILE DIAMETER AREA CENTERED 120 MILES NORTH- WEST OF AUSTIN. SOME OF THOSE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF TORNADOES AND EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTH- EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH. AT THIS SPEED AND IF THEY MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT INTENSITY...THEY COULD MOVE INTO PARTS OF WESTERN MILLS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES BE- TWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE READY IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. DUGAN
Special weather statement, May 29, 10:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ204>207-219>221-300430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1025 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... A VERY LARGE AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DEVELOPED OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES TO RAVAGE PORTIONS OF NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY. AT 1010 PM THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN SAN SABA COUNTY AND MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES IN ITS CURRENT PATH IT WILL ENTER THE SAN ANTONIO AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING EDWARDS...REAL...KERR...BANDERA...KENDALL...COMAL...GUADALUPE... GONZALES...KINNEY...UVALDE...MEDINA...BEXAR...WILSON...ZAVALA...FRIO... ATASCOSA...KARNES...LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. . PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES NEED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA.
Local storm report, May 29, 10:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1030 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT
1020 PM SAN SABA SAN SABA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGH WINDS 8 TO 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CITY OF SAN SABA. TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWNED.
JVDLocal storm report, May 29, 10:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1030 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT
1020 PM SAN SABA SAN SABA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGH WINDS 8 TO 10
x MILES SOUTHWEST OF CITY OF SAN SABA. TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWNED.
JVDSpecial weather statement, May 29, 11:27 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
TXZ204>207-219>221-300530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1125 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MARCH SOUTH INTO THE HILL COUNTRY. AT 1120 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTHWEST LLANO COUNTY EAST ACROSS TO COLLEGE STATION. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING EDWARDS...REAL...KERR...BANDERA...KENDALLX...COMAL...GUADALUPE... GONZALES...KINNEY...UVALDE...MEDINA...BEXAR...WILSON...ZAVALA...FRIO... ATASCOSA...KARNES...LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. . STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, May 29, 11:28 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1030 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT 1126 PM WILL/TRAVIS HIGH WINDS HAVE HIT GEORGETOWN AND CEDAR PARK. JVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Mills, San Saba | 55 min |
| May 29, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | San Saba | 52 min |
| May 29, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 60 min |
| May 29, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 60 min |
| May 29, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 60 min |
| May 29, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 2 hr |
| May 29, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 48 min |
| May 29, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 48 min |
| May 29, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 85 min |
| May 29, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 85 min |
| May 30, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | San Saba | 66 min |
| May 30, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 63 min |
| May 30, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Fayette | 2 hr |
| May 30, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 61 min |
| May 30, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 2 hr |
| May 30, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 57 min |
| May 30, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes, Wilson | 97 min |
| May 30, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | San Saba | 27 min |
| May 30, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 64 min |
| May 30, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 60 min |
| May 30, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Goliad, Victoria | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.