Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 8:11 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 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, 1.2 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
- 2863 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 160115 SVRSAT TXC479-160215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 811 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...WEBB COUNTY AT 810 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN WEBB COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAREDO MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...INCLUDING THE LAREDO AREA...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, 2:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 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, 5 hours 11 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, 5 hours 1 minute 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, 4 hours 23 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
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 6:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ190-192-191-193-208-194-209-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 605 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN BY RADAR FROM SAN ANTONIO THROUGH SAN MARCOS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LULING TO NEAR HOUSTON. THEY WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS...BASTROP...FAYETTE... CALDWELL...HAYS...BLANCO AND LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM CDT... STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS...STATE- MENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PEEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | La Salle | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | McMullen | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Goliad, Victoria | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Victoria | 45 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.