Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1994, 5:15 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1994, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Val Verde County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Of Del Rio, TX | A second thunderstorm developed from the remains of the first storm that had struck Val Verde County. At 1615 CST, a Val Verde Sheriff's Department spotter reported small tornado six miles south of Del Rio. It was very small and short lived. No damage was n |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 2224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 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 KDRT 232216 TORDRT TXC465-232300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 515 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS...VAL VERDE. AT 515 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN SOUTH DEL RIO NEAR HIGHWAY 277...1 MILES SOUTH OF SPUR 317. MOVEMENT WAS TO SOUTH. PEOPLE IN DEL RIO AND SURROUNDING AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT TO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED..BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. TO REPORT A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER..ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
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, Jun 23, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TXZ187-184-189-186-202-204-185-203-183-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 352 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER EDWARDS AND REAL COUNTIES... AT 345 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY FROM LEAKEY TO ROCKSPRINGS AND NORTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THEIR SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFEECT KINNEY...UVALDE...BANDERA AND KERR COUNTIES BY 5 PM. PERSONS CAMPING NEAR RIVER AND STREAMS IN THE HILL COUNTRY SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BECAUSE THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPA EOF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS CAUSING RIVERS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD QUICKLY. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED NEVER TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. KEEP UP WITH LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TXZ187-184-189-186-202-204-185-203-183-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 352 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER EDWARDS AND REAL COUNTIES... AT 345 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY FROM LEAKEY TO ROCKSPRINGS AND NORTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THEIR SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFEECT KINNEY...UVALDE...BANDERA AND KERR COUNTIES BY 5 PM. PERSONS CAMPING NEAR RIVER AND STREAMS IN THE HILL COUNTRY SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BECAUSE THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPA EOF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS CAUSING RIVERS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD QUICKLY. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED NEVER TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. KEEP UP WITH LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ171-172-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 401 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... AT 357 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTHEAST OF LLANO...OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF KINGSLAND. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS WEST OF KINGSLAND. GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS S2TORM IN SOUTHEAST LLANO COUNTY. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ171-172-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 401 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... AT 357 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTHEAST OF LLANO...OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF KINGSLAND. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS WEST OF KINGSLAND. GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM IN SOUTHEAST LLANO COUNTY. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:39 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
TXZ171-188-232230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 439 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... AT 434 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM SOUTHWEST OF LLANO TO JUST NORTH OF FREDRICKSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN LLANO AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:39 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
TXZ171-188-232230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 439 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... AT 434 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM SOUTHWEST OF LLANO TO JUST NORTH OF FREDRICKSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN LLANO AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. PEEK WOUS01KAWN .
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr, Real | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kerr | 29 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.