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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 16, 1994Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1994, 6:56 PM CDT for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1994, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Williamson County, TX

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, Aug 16, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 5:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TXZ194-174-170000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
551 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 547 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF ROCKDALE...
OR JUST NORTHEAST OF THORNDALE.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
5 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS IN
SOUTHERN MILAM AND NORTHERN LEE COUNTIES.
PEEK
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 5:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ194-174-170000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
551 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 547 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF ROCKDALE...
OR JUST NORTHEAST OF THORNDALE.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
5 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS IN
SOUTHERN MILAM AND NORTHERN LEE COUNTIES.
PEEK

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:08 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
TXZ183>187-189-202>207-217>223-170100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
609 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 1994

AT 605 PM CDT...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR AT NEW BRAUNFELS INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GONZALES AREA AND JUST TO THE EAST OF SAN ANTONIO.  SPOTTY
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED IN AND AROUND GONZALES.  THE STORMS WERE
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

A SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM HONDO TO
UVALDE TO ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY AND BACK TO HONDO.  HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED
FROM WEST OF HONDO TO JUST NORTH OF UVALDE.  THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING
TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY EXITS FOR THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WILL
ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:09 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
TXZ183>187-189-202>207-217>223-170100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
609 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 1994

AT 605 PM CDT...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR AT NEW BRAUNFELS INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GONZALES AREA AND JUST TO THE EAST OF SAN ANTONIO.  SPOTTY
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED IN AND AROUND GONZALES.  THE STORMS WERE
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

A SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM HONDO TO
UVALDE TO ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY AND BACK TO HONDO.  HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED
FROM WEST OF HONDO TO JUST NORTH OF UVALDE.  THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING
TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY EXITS FOR THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WILL
ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:22 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
TXZ171-173-194-174-170030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
622 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS...

...AT 615 PM CDT THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WILLIAMSON, MILAM,
LLANO, AND LEE COUNTIES.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS, PARTICULARLY
ONE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTTO, WERE PRODUCING STRONG,
GUSTY WINDS, VERY HEAVY RAIN, SMALL HAIL, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
MOST OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO
AVOID CROSSING LOW SPOTS IN THE ROAD IF THEY CONTAIN RUNNING WATER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

WALSH

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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.