Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1994, 4:37 PM CDT for Mills County, San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1994, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 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, 9.6 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAUS 142136 SVREWX TXC333-411-142245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 437 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SOUTHERN SAN SABA COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXTENDED FOR SAN SABA COUNTY... AT 435 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF SAN SABA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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, 1 hour 17 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, 1 hour 15 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
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:17 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-174-142215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 418 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN SAN SABA AND WESTERN MILLS COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR LAMPASAS...MILLS...SAN SABA...BLANCO...BURNET...GILLESPIE...HAYS... MILAM...LLANO...TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES. AT 415 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE SAN SABA AND MILLS COUNTY LINE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AT LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR. NO OTHER ACTIVITY WAS DETECTED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IT WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER. TSCHIRHART
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:18 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-174-142215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 418 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN SAN SABA AND WESTERN MILLS COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR LAMPASAS...MILLS...SAN SABA...BLANCO...BURNET...GILLESPIE...HAYS... MILAM...LLANO...TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES. AT 415 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE SAN SABA AND MILLS COUNTY LINE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AT LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR. NO OTHER ACTIVITY WAS DETECTED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IT WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER. TSCHIRHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Mills, San Saba | 41 min |
| May 14, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 68 min |
| May 14, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 38 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.