Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1994, 8:42 PM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1994, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1994, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bexar County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 1826 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.7
- Supercell composite
- -3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 060144 SVRSAT TXC029-060245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 842 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...BEXAR COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER CENTRAL BEXAR COUNTY. ONE HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED BY KELLY AIR FORCE BASE AND NEAR DOWNTOWN. GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT HOUR WITH THIS THUNERSTORM. 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. &
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, 4:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 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, 3 hours 37 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, 3 hours 35 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ207-228-060130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 700 PM CDT TUE APR 05 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 700 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH GUADALUPE COUNTY ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WAS PUSHING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. A THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO LOCATED IN SOUTHERN DIMMIT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM THE NORTH THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT BRINGS COOLER DRIER AIR INTO THE SOUTH TEXAS REGION. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 8:14 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
TXZ204-205-223-239-060215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 815 PM CDT TUE APR 05 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GONZALES COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 815 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED RAPIDLY EASTWARD OUT OF GONZALES COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER BETWEEN EAGLE PASS AND LAREDO AND OVER TO THE EAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. A THUNDERSTORM HAD ALSO DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST BEXAR COUNTY AND EASTERN MEDINA COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF CASTROVILLE. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND rLISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 8:24 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
TXZ192-191-193-208-194-209-174-060245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 820 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR CALDWELL... FAYETTE...TRAVIS...HAYS...LEE AND BASTROP COUNTY... AT 815 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES SOUTH OF SCHULENBURG... JUST SOUTHEAST OF NEW BRAUNFELS AND 10 MILES WEST OF SAN ANTONIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 3O MPH. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE WATCH AREA AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM MOVE TO SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE INTO DEEP WATER ON ROADS. LEACH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 62 min |
| Apr 6, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 65 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.