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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 14, 1994Mills County, San Saba County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1994, 3:49 PM CDT for Mills County, San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1994, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1994, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mills County, TX, San Saba County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAUS 142049
SVRAUS
TXC333-411-142130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
349 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN MILLS COUNTY...NORTHERN SAN SABA COUNTY
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DETECTED IN SAN SABA COUNTY...
 
AT 345 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED NEAR THE SAN SABA AND MILLS
COUNTY LINE NORTH OF THE CITY OF SAN SABA. THE STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY AND INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND AROUND 60 MPH OR
HIGHER...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
SLOW DOWN OR MOVE COMPLETELY OFF ROADWAYS IN HEAVY RAINS.
BRIEF LOCALIZED FLOODING ACCOMPANY MANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
REMEMBER WE ISSUE WARNINGS ON A COUNTY BASIS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND AT OR ABOVE 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. HAVE ALL LOOSE YARD ITEMS STOWED. TELL
YOUR KIDS WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO GO BEFORE THE STORM HITS.
 
TSCHIRHART

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 14, 3:20 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-142130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
320 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SAN SABA COUNTY...

AT 318 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EASTERN SAN SABA COUNTY MOVING
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHERN LAMPASAS
COUNTY YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THIS STORM WITHIN THE HOUR. SECURE ALL LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS TO AVOID DAMAGE.

TSCHIRHART

WWUS40KMKC-;
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:22 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-142130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
320 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SAN SABA COUNTY...

AT 318 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EASTERN SAN SABA COUNTY MOVING
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHERN LAMPASAS
COUNTY YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THIS STORM WITHIN THE HOUR. SECURE ALL LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS TO AVOID DAMAGE.

TSCHIRHART

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMills, San Saba68 min
May 14, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano68 min
May 14, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano38 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.