Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1994, 8:07 PM CDT for Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1994, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1994, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kerr County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -124 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 300110 SVRSAT TXC265-300315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 807 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...KERR COUNTY AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN KERR COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD EAST AT NEAR 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT KERR COUNTY RESIDENTS OF WESTERN KERR COUNTY IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES... SOMETIMES BUILDINGS. VERY LARGE HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE.
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 29, 2:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-292045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 244 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MILLS...LAMPASAS...SAN SABA...BURNET...GILLESPIE AND LLANO COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 7 AM CDT... AT 240 PM NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN EITHER OF THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE...HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TSCHIRHART
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ183-292245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 345 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING... AT 340 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN VAL VERDE COUNTY...HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF SHEFFIELD...105 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. REMEMBER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE THE RAPID RISE OF CREEKS AND RIVERS...FLOODING LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSING. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREAS ARE URGED TO CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY "TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER...RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-173-192-292330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 433 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MILLS...LAMPASAS...LLANO...SAN SABA...GILLESPIE AND BURNET COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY WEST OF A LINE FROM BOERNE TO BURNET INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JOHNSON CITY AND BURNET... AT 430 PM THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL TEXAS OR THE HILL COUNTRY. STORMS WERE DEVELOPING FARTHER WEST FROM 30 MILES WEST OF BRADY TO SANDERSON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACBROSS MUCH OF THE STATE. SOME OF THESE STORMS IN THE WATCH AREA MAY PRODUCE TORNDADOES. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR APPROACHING OR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER. LEACH
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-173-192-300030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 540 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MILLS...LAMPASAS...LLANO...SAN SABA...GILLESPIE AND BURNET COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY WEST OF A LINE FROM BOERNE TO BURNET INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JOHNSON CITY AND BURNET... AT 530 PM STRONG STORMS WERE FORMING ALONG A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRADY TO 40 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WACO MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE HILL COUNTRY AND CENTRAL TEXAS. TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY . TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LEACH
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 7:21 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
TXZ142-155>156-171>174-188-190>194-208>209-300130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 720 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE HILL COUNTRY...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 3 AM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY WEST OF A LINE FROM BOERNE TO BURNET INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JOHNSON CITY AND BURNET... AT 715 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE TO 10 MILES WEST OF MASON TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION. OTHER STORMS WERE IN EASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND IN KINNEY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE HILL COUNTRY AND CENTRAL TEXAS. TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS . AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LEACH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Zavala | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Calhoun, Victoria | 40 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.