Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1994, 11:22 AM CST for Gonzales County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 11:22 AM CST (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gonzales County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1021 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSAT 271729 SVREWX TXC177-271830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1122 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...GONZALES COUNTY AT 1120 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN TO THE WEST OF GONZALES IN GONZALES COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES... SOMETIMES BUILDINGS. VERY LARGE HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE. F:* `q6WWUS tV=^WSUS 0OF6WWUS t^ WSPN u 6WWUS2 $L WUUS Xt6WWUS di-`WWUS XgWWUS `q6WWUS 4p6WWUS. ~6WWUSr hpS WWUS$ XWOUS> _ WWUS \Zp`WWUS <GT6WWUS* l6WWUS C#6WWUS S6WWUS @"6WWUSF Z&6WWUS
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, Jan 27, 6:21 AM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
TXZ183>187-189-202>206-217>220-271530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 621 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY THROUGH MID-MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID-MORNING FOR AN AREA FROM DEL RIO TO KERRVILLE TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO SAN ANTONIO TO PLEASANTON TO CRYSTAL CITY TO EAGLE PASTO DEL RIO. WIDESPREAD FOG HAS CONTINUED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. PATCHES OF VERY DENSE FOG WERE SCATTERED THROUGH EACH OF THE COUNTIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...VISIBILITIES IN THESE AREAS OF DENSE FOG WERE BELOW 1 MILE AND GENERALLY NEAR ZERO. ALL WHO PLAN TO TRAVEL MUST USE EXTREME CAUTION UNTIL THE FOG HAS DISSIPATED. THIS INCLUDES LOWERING SPEEDS AND ALLOWING EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL. THE FOG WILL BEGIN TO DISSIPATE IN THE MID-MORNING...WITH VISIBILITY IMPROVING VERY SHORTLY AFTERWARD.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 6:21 AM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
TXZ183>187-189-202>206-217>220-271530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 621 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY THROUGH MID-MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID-MORNING FOR AN AREA FROM DEL RIO TO KERRVILLE TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO SAN ANTONIO TO PLEASANTON TO CRYSTAL CITY TO EAGLE PASTO DEL RIO. WIDESPREAD FOG HAS CONTINUED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. PATCHES OF VERY DENSE FOG WERE SCATTERED THROUGH EACH OF THE COUNTIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...VISIBILITIES IN THESE AREAS OF DENSE FOG WERE BELOW 1 MILE AND GENERALLY NEAR ZERO. ALL WHO PLAN TO TRAVEL MUST USE EXTREME CAUTION UNTIL THE FOG HAS DISSIPATED. THIS INCLUDES LOWERING SPEEDS AND ALLOWING EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL. THE FOG WILL BEGIN TO DISSIPATE IN THE MID-MORNING...WITH VISIBILITY IMPROVING VERY SHORTLY AFTERWARD.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:15 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TXZ173-174-191-195-209-271730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1015 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL NORTHWEST AND SOUTH OF AUSTIN... AT 1010 AM...RADAR SHOWED A FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO BE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. IT DROPPED PEA SIZE HAIL OVER CEDAR PARK AS IT PASSED OVER. ANOTHER STORM NEAR SAN MARCOS AND LULING WAS ALSO INDICATING SMALL HAIL AS IT TOO MOVES RAPIDLY TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES TO THE EAST OF IH35...THEY INCLUDE BURLESON...LEE...BASTROP...CALDWELL AND FAYETTE. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ON THE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JVD.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:18 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ173-174-191-195-209-271730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1015 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL NORTHWEST AND SOUTH OF AUSTIN... AT 1010 AM...RADAR SHOWED A FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO BE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. IT DROPPED PEA SIZE HAIL OVER CEDAR PARK AS IT PASSED OVER. ANOTHER STORM NEAR SAN MARCOS AND LULING WAS ALSO INDICATING SMALL HAIL AS IT TOO MOVES RAPIDLY TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES TO THE EAST OF IH35...THEY INCLUDE BURLESON...LEE...BASTROP...CALDWELL AND FAYETTE. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ON THE ALERT FOR DELVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JVD.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 11:05 AM CST, 17 minutes before
TXZ173-174-191-195-209-271830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1105 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST OF I-35... AT 11 AM...RADAR SHOWED FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF SEGUIN TO NEAR BASTROP AND EASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND EAST TO LA GRANGE AND COLLEGE STATION. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTH OF LULING...JUST EAST OF BASTROP AND NORTHWEST OF ELGIN. SMALL HAIL...HIGH WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES TO THE EAST OF IH35...THEY INCLUDE BURLESON...LEE...BASTROP...CALDWELL AND FAYETTE. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ON THE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SL
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 11:08 AM CST, 14 minutes before
TXZ173-174-191-195-209-271830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1105 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST OF I-35... AT 11 AM...RADAR SHOWED FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF SEGUIN TO NEAR BASTROP AND EASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND EAST TO LA GRANGE AND COLLEGE STATION. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTH OF LULING...JUST EAST OF BASTROP AND NORTHWEST OF ELGIN. SMALL HAIL...HIGH WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES TO THE EAST OF IH35...THEY INCLUDE BURLESON...LEE...BASTROP...CALDWELL AND FAYETTE. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS S*HOULD STAY ON THE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SL
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.