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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1994, 3:11 PM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1994, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 284 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 132012 TORAUS TXC149-132100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 311 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY ...POSSIBLE TORNADO HEADING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 205 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN MOULTON AND SCHULENBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL REACH WESTERN SCHULENBURG BY 33O PM AND REACH EAST OF LA GRANGE BY 4 PM. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS... BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN YOUR CAR...DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. LEAVE THE CAR...GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. WT
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 13, 12:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 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, 3 hours 1 minute 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, 3 hours 1 minute 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, 2:25 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, 3:50 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.