Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1994, 6:16 PM CDT for Bandera County, Kendall County, Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 23, 1994, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1994, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bandera County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Kerrville, TX | Residents of Kerrville reported a dark green color to the clouds as the thunderstorm approached. The storm produced a small tornado that was very short-lived. No significant damage was attributed to the tornado. However, gusts from the thunderstorm estimate |
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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
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, Jun 23, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
TXZ171-188-232230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 439 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... AT 434 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM SOUTHWEST OF LLANO TO JUST NORTH OF FREDRICKSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN LLANO AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. PEEK WOUS01KAWN .
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:31 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
TXZ155-171-172-188-173-192-191-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 531 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 528 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST OF SAN SABA...WEST OF FREDRICKSBURG...BETWEEN DRIPPING SPRINGS AND SAN MARCOS AND NEAR GEORGETOWN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN SAN SABA...SOUTHERN BURNET...GILLESPIE...WILLIAMSON AND HAYS COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. PEEK WWUS35KCHS .
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:33 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
TXZ155-171-172-188-173-192-191-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 531 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 528 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST OF SAN SABA...WEST OF FREDRICKSBURG...BETWEEN DRIPPING SPRINGS AND SAN MARCOS AND NEAR GEORGETOWN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN SAN SABA...SOUTHERN BURNET...GILLESPIE...WILLIAMSON AND HAYS COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:42 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
TXZ155-171-172-188-173-192-191-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 531 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 528 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST OF SAN SABA...WEST OF FREDRICKSBURG...BETWEEN DRIPPING SPRINGS AND SAN MARCOS AND NEAR GEORGETOWN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN SAN SABA...SOUTHERN BURNET...GILLESPIE...WILLIAMSON AND HAYS COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:58 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
TXZ183-240000- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 600 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 555 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LANGTRY TO THE NORTH EAST COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. IN THE PAST HOUR THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DEL RIO HAD RECORDED GUSTS OF 54 MPH...ROUGH CANYON RECOREDED 76 MPH. THERE HAS BEEN SOM ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF DEL RIO BOATERS AND FISHERMAN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE HARBOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:00 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
TXZ183-240000- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 600 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 555 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LANGTRY TO THE NORTH EAST COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. IN THE PAST HOUR THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DEL RIO HAD RECORDED GUSTS OF 54 MPH...ROUGH CANYON RECOREDED 76 MPH. THERE HAS BEEN SOM ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF DEL RIO BOATERS AND FISHERMAN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE HARBOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. WWUS35KMSP .
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, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr, Real | 64 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 | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.