Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 4:31 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Val Verde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 KDRT 152131 SVRDRT TXC465-152215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 431 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DEL RIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...VAL VERDE COUNTY ...TORNADO WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 430 PM RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST VAL VERDE COUNTY NEAR LAUGHLIN AFB AND EXTENDING INTO KINNEY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH LAUGHLIN AFB THEY PTODUCED 1/2 INCH HAIL AND 71 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHO ULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. & NNNN
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, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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vEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 1:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 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, 2 hours 6 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, 1 hour 31 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, 1 hour 21 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, 43 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, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 62 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 |
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.