Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1994, 2:25 PM CDT for Gonzales County, Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1994, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gonzales County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 956 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 131926 SVRSAT TXC177-493-132030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 225 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIESS... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...GONZALES COUNTY...WILSON COUNTY AT 226 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING GONZALES AND WILSON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...A TORNADO WATCH REMAIFNS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
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, 8:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 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, 5 hours 55 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, 2 hours 19 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, 2 hours 15 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, 2 hours 15 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, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 65 min |
| 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, 2:29 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.