Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1994, 3:50 PM CST for Blanco County, Hays County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1994, 3:50 PM CST (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1994, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blanco County, TX, Hays County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAUS 062151 SVREWX TXC031-209-062245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 350 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...EASTERN BLANCO COUNTY...WESTERN HAYS COUNTY AT 350 PM...LOCAL AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LARGE HAIL NEAR JOHNSON CITY...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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.
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, Mar 6, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171>174-188-190>195-208-209-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 245 PM CST SUN MAR 06 1994 ...A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME EASTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY... AT 245 PM.. AUSTIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FREDERICKSBURG IN EASTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY. THIS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST. THIS STORM... IF IT CONTINUES ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT... WILL AFFECT THE ROUND MOUNTAIN/JOHNSON CITY AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS GROWING MORE UNSTABLE AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS CONTINUE. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. TK/JVD/PH
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 2:47 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171>174-188-190>195-208-209-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 245 PM CST SUN MAR 06 1994 ...A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME EASTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY... AT 245 PM.. AUSTIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FREDERICKSBURG IN EASTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY. THIS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST. THIS STORM... IF IT CONTINUES ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT... WILL AFFECT THE ROUND MOUNTAIN/JOHNSON CITY AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS GROWING MORE UNSTABLE AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS CONTINUE. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. TK/JVD/PH
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 3:28 PM CST, 22 minutes before
TXZ171>174-188-190>195-208-209-062230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 330 PM CST SUN MAR 06 1994 ...A LARGE INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BLANCO COUNTY... AT 325 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE DIAMETER THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN JOHNSON CITY AND STONEWALL TO BE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF THIS MOVEMENT CONTINUES...THE STORM COULD BE IN VICINITY OF LAKE TRAVIS AND DRIPPING SPRINGS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL RATE WAS NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR IN A 5 MILE DIAMETER SPOT LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF JOHNSON CITY. THIS STORM COULD FURTHER IN- TENSIFY AND PRODUCE HAIL OR HIGH WINDS. PERSONS IN WESTERN TRAVIS AND NORTHERN HAYS COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT. JVD
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 3:30 PM CST, 20 minutes before
TXZ171>174-188-190>195-208-209-062230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 330 PM CST SUN MAR 06 1994 ...A LARGE INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BLANCO COUNTY... AT 325 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE DIAMETER THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN JOHNSON CITY AND STONEWALL TO BE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF THIS MOVEMENT CONTINUES...THE STORM COULD BE IN VICINITY OF LAKE TRAVIS AND DRIPPING SPRINGS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL RATE WAS NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR IN A 5 MILE DIAMETER SPOT LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF JOHNSON CITY. THIS STORM COULD FURTHER IN- TENSIFY AND PRODUCE HAIL OR HIGH WINDS. PERSONS IN WESTERN TRAVIS AND NORTHERN HAYS COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT. JVD
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 3:50 PM CST, 0 minutes before
TXZ189-205>207-221-223-062300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 350 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 350 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY BETWEEN JOHNSON CITY AND STONWALL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR. IF THIS MOVEMENT CONTINUES THESE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE AUSTIN AREA WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO AND THE AREA BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND SAN MARCOS. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS THEY ARE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE AREA BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NEW BRAUNFELS AND SEGUIN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Kendall | 60 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.