Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1994, 4:26 PM CDT for Kerr County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1994, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1994, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSAT 232126 SVREWX TXC265-385-232230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 426 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIESS... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...WESTERN KERR COUNTY...REAL COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ALONG HIGHWAY 83 ALONG THE REAL...KERR COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MPH. PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 83 IN REAL COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE OR TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. WWUS35KPIA .
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 23, 3:29 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
TXZ183-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 330 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 AT 325 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LANGTRY...50 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO TO THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE ALONG HIGHWAY 189. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS SLOW TO THE SOUTHEAST. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLOWER TRAFFIC DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOUR IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN...THUNDER IS HEARD...OR WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
TXZ183-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 330 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 AT 325 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LANGTRY...50 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO TO THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE ALONG HIGHWAY 189. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS SLOW TO THE SOUTHEAST. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLOWER TRAFFIC DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOUR IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN...THUNDER IS HEARD...OR WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:52 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
TXZ187-184-189-186-202-204-185-203-183-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 352 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER EDWARDS AND REAL COUNTIES... AT 345 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY FROM LEAKEY TO ROCKSPRINGS AND NORTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THEIR SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFEECT KINNEY...UVALDE...BANDERA AND KERR COUNTIES BY 5 PM. PERSONS CAMPING NEAR RIVER AND STREAMS IN THE HILL COUNTRY SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BECAUSE THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPA EOF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS CAUSING RIVERS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD QUICKLY. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED NEVER TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. KEEP UP WITH LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:52 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
TXZ187-184-189-186-202-204-185-203-183-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 352 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER EDWARDS AND REAL COUNTIES... AT 345 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY FROM LEAKEY TO ROCKSPRINGS AND NORTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THEIR SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFEECT KINNEY...UVALDE...BANDERA AND KERR COUNTIES BY 5 PM. PERSONS CAMPING NEAR RIVER AND STREAMS IN THE HILL COUNTRY SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BECAUSE THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPA EOF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS CAUSING RIVERS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD QUICKLY. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED NEVER TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. KEEP UP WITH LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:01 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
TXZ171-172-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 401 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... AT 357 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTHEAST OF LLANO...OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF KINGSLAND. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS WEST OF KINGSLAND. GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS S2TORM IN SOUTHEAST LLANO COUNTY. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:01 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
TXZ171-172-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 401 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... AT 357 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTHEAST OF LLANO...OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF KINGSLAND. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS WEST OF KINGSLAND. GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM IN SOUTHEAST LLANO COUNTY. PEEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kerr | 29 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.