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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
- 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
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. &
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Mills | 63 min |
| May 26, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | San Saba | 49 min |
| May 26, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lampasas | 61 min |
| May 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Lampasas | 47 min |
| May 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Llano, San Saba | 58 min |
| May 26, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 39 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.