Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1994, 9:59 AM CDT for Uvalde County, Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1994, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1994, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 2387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
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 27, 4:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ173-192-271045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 446 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AUSTIN AREA... AT 442 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM KILLEEN TO LIBERTY HILL TO BETWEEN MARBLE FALLS AND LAKE TRAVIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS THROUGH GEORGETOWN AROUND 510 AM. THE AUSTIN AREA CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 540 AM AND 600 AM. PEOPLE IN WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN HEAVY RAIN AND WET ROADWAYS. PEEK
Special weather statement, May 27, 4:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ173-192-271045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 446 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AUSTIN AREA... AT 442 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM KILLEEN TO LIBERTY HILL TO BETWEEN MARBLE FALLS AND LAKE TRAVIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS THROUGH GEORGETOWN AROUND 510 AM. THE AUSTIN AREA CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 540 AM AND 600 AM. PEOPLE IN WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN HEAVY RAIN AND WET ROADWAYS. PEEK
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TXZ155-171-172-188-190-192-271545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 837 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 ...AN AREA OF RAIN WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO HILL COUNTRY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 830 AM CDT RAIN MIXED WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM RICHLAND SPRINGS AND SAN SABA DOWN TO HARPER AND JUNCTION. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN MASON COUNTY...NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE LLANO RIVER. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BOATERS ON LAKES IN THE HILL COUNTRY SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THEIR LOCATION. DUE TO THE FAIRLY RAPID MOVEMENT...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. WITHROW
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ155-171-172-188-190-192-271545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 837 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 ...AN AREA OF RAIN WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO HILL COUNTRY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 830 AM CDT RAIN MIXED WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM RICHLAND SPRINGS AND SAN SABA DOWN TO HARPER AND JUNCTION. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN MASON COUNTY...NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE LLANO RIVER. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BOATERS ON LAKES IN THE HILL COUNTRY SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THEIR LOCATION. DUE TO THE FAIRLY RAPID MOVEMENT...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. WITHROW
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ183-271500- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 900 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 855 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STtORMS.. BOATERS AND FISHERMAN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THESE STORMS AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR DETAILS AS THEY DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, May 27, 9:00 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
TXZ183-271500- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 900 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 855 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.. BOATERS AND FISHERMAN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THESE STORMS AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR DETAILS AS THEY DEVELOP.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 48 min |
| May 27, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 50 min |
| May 27, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 66 min |
| May 27, 9:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 57 min |
| May 27, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 68 min |
| May 27, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Zavala | 67 min |
| May 27, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 62 min |
| May 27, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Webb | 63 min |
| May 27, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | La Salle | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.