Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 1994, 4:55 AM CST for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 1994, 4:55 AM CST (10:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 1994, 5:30 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Travis County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAUS 221055 SVREWX TXC453-221130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 455 AM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TRAVIS COUNTY ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO TRAVIS COUNTY... AT 455 AM A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH MANCHACA BY 530 AM. THIS STORM CAUSED WIND DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF BLANCO JUST BEFORE 430 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SLOW DOWN OR MOVE COMPLETELY OFF ROADWAYS IN HEAVY RAINS. BRIEF LOCALIZED FLOODING ACCOMPANY MANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER WE ISSUE WARNINGS ON A COUNTY BASIS. SL
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, Feb 22, 2:22 AM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-221030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 222 AM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MILLS...LAMPASAS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES... AT 217 AM...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM HARPER TO FREDERICKSBURG AND ROUND MOUNTAIN...AND FROM LLANO TO LAMPASAS AND FORT HOOD. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...MOTORIST ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN DURING HEAVY RAIN. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS POSSIBLE...REMEMBER NOT TO ATTEMPT CROSSING FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ALSO VISIBILITIES MAY BE GREATLY REDUCED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. HOHMANN
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 2:24 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-221030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 222 AM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MILLS...LAMPASAS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES... AT 217 AM...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM HARPER TO FREDERICKSBURG AND ROUND MOUNTAIN...AND FROM LLANO TO LAMPASAS AND FORT HOOD. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...MOTORIST ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN DURING HEAVY RAIN. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS POSSIBLE...REMEMBER NOT TO ATTEMPT CROSSING FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ALSO VISIBILITIES MAY BE GREATLY REDUCED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. HOHMANN
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 3:14 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
TXC187-205-221100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 315 AM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING ACROSS BANDERA COUNTY THIS MORNING. AT 200 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HONDO SHOWED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING FROM UVALDE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS BANDERA COUNTY TO FREDERICKSBURG. THE RAIN ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY FILL QUICKLY WITH RAINFALL. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ESPECIALLY ON SMALLER COUNTRY ROADS.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 3:15 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
TXC187-205-221100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 315 AM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING ACROSS BANDERA COUNTY THIS MORNING. AT 200 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HONDO SHOWED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING FROM UVALDE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS BANDERA COUNTY TO FREDERICKSBURG. THE RAIN ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY FILL QUICKLY WITH RAINFALL. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ESPECIALLY ON SMALLER COUNTRY ROADS.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 3:51 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-221100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 351 AM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 345 AM...A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM BOERNE TO ROUND MOUNTAIN. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE HILL COUNTRY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORIST SHOULD AVOID FLOODED AREAS IN THE ROADWAY...AND BE PARTICULARLY ALERT WHEN APPROACHING LOW WATER CROSSINGS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS MAKING FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA AROUND 5 AM...AND MAY LAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING RUSH HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HOHMANN
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 3:52 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-221100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 351 AM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 345 AM...A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM BOERNE TO ROUND MOUNTAIN. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE HILL COUNTRY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORIST SHOULD AVOID FLOODED AREAS IN THE ROADWAY...AND BE PARTICULARLY ALERT WHEN APPROACHING LOW WATER CROSSINGS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS MAKING FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE GREATER AUSTIN AR8EA AROUND 5 AM...AND MAY LAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING RUSH HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HOHMANN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 1:06 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 30 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.