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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1994, 11:58 AM CDT for Dimmit County, Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1994, 11:58 AM CDT (16:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1994, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dimmit County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, 8:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 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, 2 hours 58 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.
Special weather statement, May 27, 10:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-174- 271630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1035 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR TRAVIS AND ALL NEARBY COUNTIES INCLUDING THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 1030 AM CDT AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH IMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS WAS FROM LAMPASAS AND KILLEEN DOWN TO AUSTIN. THE STRONGER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE NORTH OF BERTRAM AND WEST OF ROUND ROCK. THE RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THEY HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY BETWEEN 10 AND 1030 AM CDT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WITHROW
Special weather statement, May 27, 10:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-174- 271630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1035 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR TRAVIS AND ALL NEARBY COUNTIES INCLUDING THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 1030 AM CDT AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH IMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS WAS FROM LAMPASAS AND KILLEEN DOWN TO AUSTIN. THE STRONGER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE NORTH OF BERTRAM AND WEST OF ROUND ROCK. THE RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THEY HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY BETWEEN 10 AND 1030 AM CDT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WITHROW
Special weather statement, May 27, 11:56 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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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, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 61 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, 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 |
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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.