Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1994, 12:10 PM CDT for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1994, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1994, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 KAUS 131723 COR SVRAUS TXC453-491-131815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1210 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TRAVIS COUNTY...WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT 1205 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY TO BE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED TORNADO DAMAGE IN MARBLE FALLS JUST BEFORE NOONTIME. IT HAS HAD A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF BUT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM FOR PERSONS IN BLANCO...SOUTHERN BURNET AND WESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY... ...CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING MUCH OF THE HILL COUNTRY THROGH TODAY... WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...GET INSIDE. DON'T USE TELE- PHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. JVD
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, May 13, 7:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ183-131400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 725 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 AT 720 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM DEL RIO TOWARDS JUNO THEN TOWARDS ROCKSPRINGS. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY...SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS COULD BE UNDERWATER...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 163 AND 189 IN NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION THROUGH THE COUNTY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...ANYMORE RAIN WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT MAY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ183-131500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 830 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 825 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY...SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE COUNTY COULD BE UNDERWATER. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION THROUGH THE COUNTY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...ANYMORE RAIN WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT MAY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BE AWARE THAT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ARE OCCURING OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR...AND FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ183-131500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 830 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 825 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY...SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE COUNTY COULD BE UNDERWATER. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION THROUGH THE COUNTY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...ANYMORE RAIN WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT MAY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BE AWARE THAT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ARE OCCURING OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR...AND FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
Local storm report, May 13, 12:06 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
715APM CDT TUE MAY 03 1994
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT...OF 13 MAY 1994...
1120AM CDT BURNET SOUTH OF MARBLE FALLS ... PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD... AT HWY 71 AND 280
THUNDERSTORM REPORTED AS SEVERE BY TROOPER.
1121AM CDT GILLESPIE HAM RADIO REPORTED HIGHWAY 16 ... 10 MILES NORTH
OF FREDERICKSBURGv CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
1145AM CDT BURNET SHERIFF AND LCRA REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN
IN AND NEAR MARBLE FALLS...REPORTED HOMES AND
BUILDINGS DOWN...POSSIBLE PEOPLE TRAPPED.
WITHROWLocal storm report, May 13, 12:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1210PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THIS LINE CORRECTED
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT...OF 13 MAY 1994...
1120AM CDT BURNET SOUTH OF MARBLE FALLS ... PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD... AT HWY 71 AND 280
THUNDERSTORM REPORTED AS SEVERE BY TROOPER.
1121AM CDT GILLESPIE HAM RADIO REPORTED HIGHWAY 16 ... 10 MILES NORTH
OF FREDERICKSBURG CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
1145AM CDT BURNET SHERIFF AND LCRA REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN
IN AND NEAR MARBLE FALLS...REPORTED HOMES AND
BUILDINGS DOWN...POSSIBLE PEOPLE TRAPPED.
WITHROWLocal storm report, May 13, 12:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1210PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THIS LINE CORRECTED
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT...OF 13 MAY 1994...
1120AM CDT BURNET SOUTH OF MARBLE FALLS ... PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD... AT HWY 71 AND 280
THUNDERSTORM REPORTED AS SEVERE BY TROOPER.
1121AM CDT GILLESPIE HAM RADIO REPORTED HIGHWAY 16 ... 10 MILES NORTH
OF FREDERICKSBURG CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
1145AM CDT BURNET SHERIFF AND LCRA REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN
IN AND NEAR MARBLE FALLS...REPORTED HOMES AND
BUILDINGS DOWN...POSSIBLE PEOPLE TRAPPED.
WITHROWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 94 min |
| May 13, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | San Saba | 3 hr |
| May 13, 12:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 58 min |
| May 13, 12:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 48 min |
| May 13, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 55 min |
| May 13, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 55 min |
| May 13, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Hays | 32 min |
| May 13, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 8 min |
| May 13, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 70 min |
| May 13, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Wilson | 65 min |
| May 13, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 61 min |
| May 13, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 60 min |
| May 13, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 28 min |
| May 13, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | McMullen | 58 min |
| May 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 49 min |
| May 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 55 min |
| May 13, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Victoria | 65 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.