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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 15, 1994Lavaca County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 8:52 PM CDT for Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lavaca County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2863 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KVCT 160153
SVRVCT
TXC285-160230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
852 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN LAVACA COUNTY
 
AT 852 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
EAST OF THE CITY OF HALLETTSVILLE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 10
MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNIN:G.
REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 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 42 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, 5 hours 4 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 47 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
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 8:27 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
TXZ192-193-208-209-160230-

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

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR FAYETTE AND CALDWELL
COUNTIES...

AT 815 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR HEMPSTEAD AND 5 MILES EAST OF
SCHULENBERG.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM WAS JUST EAST OF SHINER AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL REACH SCHULENBERG BY 9 PM.

IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL.  PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO
MOVE TO SAFETY IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LEACH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLa Salle63 min
Apr 15, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson60 min
Apr 15, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt58 min
Apr 15, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca51 min
Apr 15, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWebb64 min
Apr 15, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMcMullen62 min
Apr 15, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Goliad, Victoria60 min
Apr 15, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVictoria45 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.