Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1994, 4:44 PM CDT for Lampasas County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1994, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lampasas County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Kempner, TX | A brief tornado was reported by a storm chaser. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 26, 2:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-173-174-262115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 213 PM CDT THU MAY 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAMPASAS...MILLS...SAN SABA...BURNET...MILAM...LLANO AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT. AT 205 PM...LIGHT SHOWERS WERE FROM LAREDO TO HOUSTON WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS EAST OF SAN ANGELO AND SOUTH OF ABILENE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN ANY OF THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE..HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA YOU SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR YOUR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ACT IMMEDIATELY SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. TSCHIRHART
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-173-174-262115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 213 PM CDT THU MAY 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAMPASAS...MILLS...SAN SABA...BURNET...MILAM...LLANO AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT. AT 205 PM...LIGHT SHOWERS WERE FROM LAREDO TO HOUSTON WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS EAST OF SAN ANGELO AND SOUTH OF ABILENE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN ANY OF THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE..HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA YOU SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR YOUR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ACT IMMEDIATELY SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. TSCHIRHART
Local storm report, May 26, 4:29 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
715APM CDT TUE MAY 03 1994
TIME/CDT COUNTY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...MAY 26 1994
350 PM SAN SABA LAMPASAS DPS RELAYED REPORT OF ONE INCH HAIL AT
RICHLAND SPRINGS.
420 PM SAN SABA SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ROOFS OFF AND WINDOWS
BLOWNOUT ON WEST AND NORTH SIDE OF CITY OF SAN
SABA. HAIL WAS 1 AND 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER.
ESTIMATED WINDS NEAR 70 MPH AND BRIEF BUT VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
AUS/JVDLocal storm report, May 26, 4:29 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
715APM CDT TUE MAY 03 1994
TIME/CDT COUNTY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...MAY 26 1994
350 PM SAN SABA LAMPASAS DPS RELAYED REPORT OF ONE INCH HAIL AT
RICHLAND SPRINGS.
420 PM SAN SABA SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ROOFS OFF AND WINDOWS
BLOWNOUT ON WEST AND NORTH SIDE OF CITY OF SAN
SABA. HAIL WAS 1 AND 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER.
J ESTIMATED WINDS NEAR 70 MPH AND BRIEF BUT VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
AUS/JVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Mills | 63 min |
| May 26, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | San Saba | 49 min |
| May 26, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lampasas, San Saba | 61 min |
| May 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Lampasas | 47 min |
| May 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Llano, San Saba | 58 min |
| May 26, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 39 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.