Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1994, 6:16 PM CDT for Comal County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
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
County Comal County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 1911 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 232316 SVRSAT TXC019-091-259-265-240015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 616 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIESS... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...BANDERA COUNTY...COMAL COUNTY...KENDALL COUNTY...KERR COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDIACTED OVER NORTHERN CAOMAL COUNTY NEAR U.S. HIOGHWAY 281...AND OVER EASTERN KERR COUNTY. THE STORM NEAR INGRAM PRODUCED PINGPONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE HILL COUNTRY...ESPECIALLY AT CANYON LAKE...AND TRAVELERS OF U.S. 281 AND INTERSTATE 10 SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL FOR THE NEXT HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES... SOMETIMES BUILDINGS. VERY LARGE HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ^CAN CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE AS A TORNADO. &
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 | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 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.