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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 23, 1994Kerr County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1994, 6:31 PM CDT for Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Kerr County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 23, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Kerrville, TX	Residents of Kerrville reported a dark green color to the clouds as the thunderstorm approached. The storm produced a small tornado that was very short-lived. No significant damage was attributed to the tornado. However, gusts from the thunderstorm estimate

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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 232331
TORSAT
TXC265-240000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
631 PM CDT THU JUN 23 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...KERR COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN KERRVILLE BY THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOIVOING SOUTH AT 15
MPH TOWARD HIGHWAYS 16 AND 173 AND THE CITY OF CAMP VERDE.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
 
 
&

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, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Val Verde	45 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

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.