Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1994, 8:58 PM CST for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 1994, 8:58 PM CST (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1994, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 62 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, 3.0 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
- 986 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 090303 COR SVRSAT TXC479-090400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 858 PM CST TUE MAR 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...WEBB COUNTY AT 850 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN WEBB COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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. 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 8, 6:00 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ183-090100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 600 PM CST TUE MAR 8 1994 AT 555 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH SOME SHOWERS HAVE MOVED THROUGH DEL RIO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORCAST FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. MOTORISTS IN AND AROUND DEL RIO AND VAL VERDE COUNTY SHOULD EXERSISE CAUTION...AS WET AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WTIH REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THIS RAINFALL ACTIVITY COULD PRESENT A DRIVING HAZARD.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:58 PM CST, 2 hours before
TXZ183-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 700 PM CST TUE MAR 8 1994 AT 655 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ROCKSPRINGS TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEL RIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEST OF ROCKSPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH SOME SHOWERS HAVE MOVED THROUGH DEL RIO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORCAST FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. MOTORISTS IN AND AROUND DEL RIO AND VAL VERDE COUNTY SHOULD EXERSISE CAUTION...AS WET AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WTIH REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THIS RAINFALL ACTIVITY COULD PRESENT A DRIVING HAZARD.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 7:04 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
TXZ184-185-186-202-203-090230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 705 PM CST TUE MAR 8 1994 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG COLDFRONT MOVING THROUGH HILL COUNTRY... AT 7 PM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF DEL RIO TO BRACKETVILLE TO NEAR LEAKEY TO WEST OF MOUNTAIN HOME IN KERR COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMED ON A COLDFRONT THAT WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS TRAVELING IN THE HILL COUNTRY SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION DUE TO DRENCHED AND SLICK ROADS. THE ABRUPT SHIFT TO STRONG NORTH OF 20 TO 35 MPH COULD ALSO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN REAL COUNTY HAVE INTENSIFIED DURING THE PAST HOUR AND WILL BE MONITERED FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPEMENT. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS RIPE FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AS NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 7:25 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ171>174-188-190-191-192-090230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 722 PM CST TUE MAR 8 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR LAMPASAS...LLANO...BURNET... WILLIAMSON AND MILAM COUNTIES... AT 720 PM...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ALONG A COLD FRONT FROM JOHNSON CITY TO LAKE TRAVIS...GEORGETOWN...BARTLETT AND CAMERON. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AUSTIN AND VICINITY BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING AND APPROACHING THE HILL COUNTRY FROM THE AREA EXTENDING FROM BRADY TO JUNCTION AND LEAK THOSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER BROADCAST ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE OBSERVED OPR A WARNING ISSUED. PLAN AHEAD OF TIME FOR FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER...IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. HOHMANN
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 8:13 PM CST, 45 minutes before
TXZ183-090400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 815 PM CST TUE MAR 8 1994 AT 810 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ROCKSPRINGS TO DEL RIO TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL...DAMAGING LIGHTNING...AND DANGEROUS WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...SO...KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE WEATHER AND PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE CHECKED. MOTORISTS IN AND AROUND DEL RIO AND VAL VERDE COUNTY SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...AS WET AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WTIH REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THIS RAINFALL ACTIVITY COULD PRESENT A DRIVING HAZARD. STAY TUNE TO LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 8:30 PM CST, 28 minutes before
TXZ183>187-202-203-228-229-239-090330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 830 PM CST TUE MAR 8 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN WEBB AND DIMMIT COUNTIES... AT 815 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS FORMED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN WEBB AND EASTERN DIMMIT COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS FORMED IN WARM AIR JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE RAPID DEVELOPEMENT INDICATES THAT THE AIRMASS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD TURN SEVERE. THERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY DURNING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND MOVE OFF THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. PERSONS IN WEBB...DIMMIT AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WITH THESE STORMS. STAYED TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELSEWHERE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM DEL RIO TO ROCKSPRINGS TO NEAR JUNCTION AND KERRVILLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 64 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.