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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 26, 1994Lampasas County, San Saba County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1994, 3:44 PM CDT for Lampasas County, San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1994, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1994, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lampasas County, TX, San Saba County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1994-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 253 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 262045
TORAUS
TXC281-411-262145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
344 PM CDT THU MAY 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...LAMPASAS COUNTY...SAN SABA COUNTY
 
AT 344 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF THE
CITY OF SAN SABA MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE
INTO LAMPASAS COUNTY BY 430 PM.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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

Special weather statement, May 26, 2:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-173-174-262115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
213 PM CDT THU MAY 26 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM
CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAMPASAS...MILLS...SAN
SABA...BURNET...MILAM...LLANO AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT.

AT 205 PM...LIGHT SHOWERS WERE FROM LAREDO TO HOUSTON WITH LITTLE
MOVEMENT. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS EAST OF SAN ANGELO AND SOUTH OF
ABILENE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN ANY OF THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE..HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF
YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA YOU SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR YOUR WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND ACT IMMEDIATELY SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.

TSCHIRHART
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-173-174-262115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
213 PM CDT THU MAY 26 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM
CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAMPASAS...MILLS...SAN
SABA...BURNET...MILAM...LLANO AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT.

AT 205 PM...LIGHT SHOWERS WERE FROM LAREDO TO HOUSTON WITH LITTLE
MOVEMENT. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS EAST OF SAN ANGELO AND SOUTH OF
ABILENE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN ANY OF THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE..HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF
YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA YOU SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR YOUR WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND ACT IMMEDIATELY SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.

TSCHIRHART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMills63 min
May 26, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXSan Saba49 min
May 26, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLampasas61 min
May 26, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet, Lampasas47 min
May 26, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXLlano, San Saba58 min
May 26, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano39 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.