Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 1994, 2:25 AM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 1994, 2:25 AM CDT (07:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 1994, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Webb County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 060727 SVRSAT TXC479-060830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 225 AM CDT WED APR 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...WEBB COUNTY AT 225 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF LAREDO. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. 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." 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, 10:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ204>206-217>219-223-228-230-060430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1040 PM CDT TUE APR 05 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 1035 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED OVER MAVERICK COUNTY TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTH OF EAGLE PASS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO ZAVALA AND DIMMIT COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MCMULLEN AND EASTERN GONZALES COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY TO THE EAST. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CHANGES.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 11:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ192-191-193-208-194-209-174-060600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1101 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LEE...FAYETTE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 1055 PM ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAD DISSIPATED. ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS NOTED IN SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY AND NEAR SAN ANTONIO. COOLER AND DRYER SURFACE AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION...PREVENTING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT. LEACH
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 11:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ204>206-217>219-223-228-230-239-060530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1115 PM CDT TUE APR 05 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR ZAVALA COUNTY... AT 1110 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE INCREASING OVER MARVERICK... ZAVALA...DIMMIT AND NORTHERN WEBB COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF A COLD FRONT IN VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY SEVERE WERE INDICATED IN IN ZAVALA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAIN HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM DEL RIO TO SOUTH OF JUNCTION. ALL MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CHANGES.
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 12:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ203>204-217>219-228>230-239-060630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1225 AM CDT WED APR 6 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ZAVALA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FRIO COUNTY UNTIL 1 AM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR UVALDE COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM... AT 1215 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA FROM UVALDE TO EAGLE PASS TO COTULLA TO PEARSALL. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR EAGLE PASS AND PEARSALL...AND OVER NORTHEAST UVALDE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUErD TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CHANGES.
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 12:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ203>205-217>221-228>230-239-060700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 100 AM CDT WED APR 6 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR ZAVALA...FRIO...AND UVALDE COUNTIES HAVE ALL EXPIRED... AT 1250 AM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF EAGLE PASS TO CARRRIZO SPRINGS TO PEARSALL. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED NEAR DEVINE AND WERE MOVING INTO NORTHERN ATASCOSA AND SOUTHWEST BEXAR COUNTIES. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN UVALDE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAIN HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 1:51 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
TXZ239-060700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 150 AM CDT WED APR 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING TO THE WEST OF LAREDO... AT 145 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF LAREDO IN MEXICO. SINCE THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST... THEY COULD AFFECT THE LAREDO METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS THEY CROSS THE RIO GRANDE INTO WEBB COUNTY. THE AIR OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND A STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE COULD HELP PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
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, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 63 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 |
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.