Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1994, 5:30 PM CST for Comal County, Kendall County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1994, 5:30 PM CST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1994, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Comal County, TX, Kendall County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2348 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSAT 062332 SVREWX TXC091-259-070030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 530 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIESS... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...COMAL COUNTY...EASTERN KENDALL COUNTY AT 5:30 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN KENDALL AND NORTHERN COMAL COUNTIES. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM DROPPED ONE INCH HAIL EARLIER OVER BLANCO COUNTY. 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, Mar 6, 3:50 PM CST, 1 hour 40 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 3:52 PM CST, 1 hour 38 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 ANTO NIO AND AUSTIN INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NEW BRAUNFELS AND SEGUIN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 4:09 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
TXZ185>189-203>206-062310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 410 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER BANDERA COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PART OF A LINE OF DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH STRETCHED FROM WEST OF AUSTIN INTO UVALDE COUNTY WEST OHF SAN ANTONIO. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 4:10 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
TXZ185>189-203>206-062310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 410 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER BANDERA COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PART OF A LINE OF DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH STRETCHED FROM WEST OF AUSTIN INTO UVALDE COUNTY WEST OF SAN ANTONIO. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 5:00 PM CST, 30 minutes before
TXZ186>189-203>207-070010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 500 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994 AT 5 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES FROM THE NORTHWEST. GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND CANYON LAKE MAY EXPERIENCE THE WEATHER FROM THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THEIR AREA. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL BANDERA COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AROUND SUNSET.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 5:01 PM CST, 29 minutes before
TXZ186>189-203>207-070010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 500 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994 AT 5 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES FROM THE NORTHWEST. GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND CANYON LAKE MAY EXPERIENCE THE WEATHER FROM THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THEIR AREA. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL BANDERA COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AROUND SUNSET.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Hays | 55 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.