Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
- 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
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
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vEATHER 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Guadalupe, Wilson | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 49 min |
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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.