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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 15, 1994Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 3:58 PM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kinney County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1877 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 152059
SVRSAT
TXC271-152200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
358 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...KINNEY COUNTY
 
AT 355 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN KINNEY COUNTY. THIS ST ORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
 
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 15, 12:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ185>187-189-203>207-151800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1157 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1150 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FROM REAL COUNTY
EASTWARD TO AUSTIN.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE RAIN ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT
WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.  COOLER DRIER AIR WILL
FOLLOW BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AS WINDS SHIFT NORTH WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO
25 MPH.  CLOUDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING WITH FAIR
SKIES FORECAST FOR SATURDAY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION
FOR THE LATEST WvEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 1:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-151915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
118 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

JUST AFTER 1 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS TO BE INTENSIFYING OVER
PARTS OF LEE AND BASTROP COUNTIES...WHILE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINS DOTTED THE HILL COUNTRY NORTH AND SOUTH OF FREDERICKSBURG.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.

REMEMBER...A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS BEEN PLACED UNDER A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER REPORTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
JVD
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ183>187-189-202>207-217>223-228>230-239-152025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
224 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  AT 220 PM SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS VAL VERDE AND KINNEY COUNTIES EASTWARD
INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN ACTIVITY WAS NORTH OF
BOERNE.  THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH WHILE
THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.  RESIDENTS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:00 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
TXZ183>187-189-202>207-217>223-228>230-239-152100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
300 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  AT 300 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM KINNEY AND EDWARDS COUNTY EASTWARD TO NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY
AND CONTINUING EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS.  MARBLE-SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN THE STORM NEAR BOERNE DURING THE PAST HOUR.

INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH AS THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM WAS BUILDING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD.  RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:10 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
TXZ183-152120-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
310 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

AT 305 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN VAL VERDE COUNTY FROM ABOUT 30
MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO NORTHWARD TO NEAR PANDALE. ANOTHER AREA OF
THUNDERSATORMS WAS 25 MILES SOUTH OF DEL RIO. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR THE RIO GRANDE RIVER SOUTHWEST OF
COMSTOCK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

A COLD FRONT TO THE NORTH OF DEL RIO WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS IT MOVES SOUTH.

BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE SITUATION AND REMEMBER
THAT SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE LAKE.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:48 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
TXC021-031-053-281-209-453-491-331-287-021-055-149-152130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
344 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR L

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie41 min
Apr 15, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lee47 min
Apr 15, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Real68 min
Apr 15, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde56 min
Apr 15, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde65 min
Apr 15, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde44 min
Apr 15, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Medina66 min
Apr 15, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal66 min
Apr 15, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar61 min
Apr 15, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe59 min
Apr 15, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala68 min
Apr 15, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell42 min
Apr 15, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Guadalupe, Wilson60 min
Apr 15, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell49 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.