Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1994, 8:40 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 9:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Val Verde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1895 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDRT 100145 RRA SVRDRT TXC465-100240- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 840 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 940 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...VAL VERDE AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR JUNO...55 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM JUNO TO LOMA ALTA TO JUNCTION. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH..DESTRUCTIVE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.N
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, Jun 9, 8:05 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-194-193-174-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 803 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH MILLS AND NORTH LAMPASAS COUNTY EXPIRED... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 8 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NORTH OF DEL RIO TO FORTH WORTH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND SPRINGS AND 5 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF SAN SABA. THESE STORMS WILL REACH JUNCTION AND LAKE BUCHANAN BY 845 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLOODS IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. TSCHIRHART
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
TXZ183-100215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 815 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 810 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR JUNO TO NORTH OF JUNCTION. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG HIGHWAY 163 NORTH OF LOMA ALTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING IN NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED HEAVY RAIN AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHORE AND AWAY FROM THE WATER IF THUNDER IS HEARD...LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
TXZ183-100215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 815 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 810 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR JUNO TO NORTH OF JUNCTION. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG HIGHWAY 277 NORTH OF LOMA ALTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING IN NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED HEAVY RAIN AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHORE AND AWAY FROM THE WATER IF THUNDER IS HEARD...LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:24 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
TXZ183-100215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 815 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 810 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR JUNO TO NORTH OF JUNCTION. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG HIGHWAY 277 NORTH OF LOMA ALTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING IN NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED HEAVY RAIN AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHORE AND AWAY FROM THE WATER IF THUNDER IS HEARD...LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
TXZ184>189-206-229-230-239-100300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 840 PM CDT THU JUN 09 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF DEL RIO TO BANDERA TO NEW BRAUNFELS LINE UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEBB COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN WEBB COUNTY...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAREDO. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS STORM. MEANWHILE...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A LINE FROM SAN SABA TO JUNCTION TO JUNO IN NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CITIES OF ROCKSPRINGS AND CARTA VALLEY SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING...AND COULD REACH BRACKETTVILLE...LEAKEY AND KERRVILLE NEAR 10 PM. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
TXZ184>189-206-229-230-239-100300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 840 PM CDT THU JUN 09 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF DEL RIO TO BANDERA TO NEW BRAUNFELS LINE UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEBB COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN WEBB COUNTY...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAREDO. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS STORM. MEANWHILE...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A LINE FROM SAN SABA TO JUNCTION TO JUNO IN NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CITIES OF ROCKSPRINGS AND CARTA VALLEY SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING...AND COULD REACH BRACKETTVILLE...LEAKEY AND KERRVILLE NEAR 10 PM. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 79 min |
| Jun 9, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 66 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.