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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 5, 1994Comal County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1994, 5:22 PM CDT for Comal County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 1994, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
68 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, 10.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 744 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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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, Apr 5, 2:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 5, 4:49 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
TXZ189>-060000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
445 PM CDT TUE APR 05 1994

....THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH KENDALL COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR COMFORT...TEXAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG A
COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TO THE AUSTIN
AREA.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTN>ING AND
LARGE HAIL.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM...TAKE COVER AND
MOVE TO A SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 5:05 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
TXZ189-206-060000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
505 PM CDT TUE APR 05 1994

....THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS KENDALL COUNTY AND COMAL COUNTIES
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

STORNG GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE
STORMS.  DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE LARGE THUNDERSTORMS.

PLEpASE CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED
TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 5:07 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
TXZ189-206-060000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
505 PM CDT TUE APR 05 1994

....THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS KENDALL COUNTY AND COMAL COUNTIES
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE
STORMS.  DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE LARGE THUNDERSTORMS.

PLE~ASE CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED
TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis53 min
Apr 5, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays54 min
Apr 5, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera60 min
Apr 5, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Kendall67 min
Apr 5, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays49 min
Apr 5, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXCaldwell40 min
Apr 5, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar29 min
Apr 5, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop46 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.