Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 1994, 6:29 PM CDT for Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- Oct 16, 1994, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Near Kosciusko, TX | A small and short-lived tornado was observed by the Sheriffs Department. |
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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 162331 TORSAT TXC493-170030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 629 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...WILSON COUNTY AT 625 PM CDT...THE WILSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF KOSCIOSKO ON ROUTE 123 AND WAS MOVING NORTH. IN ADDITION, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE STOCKDALE AREA WITHIN 15 MINUTES. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING. TORNADOES IN TROPICAL WEATHER SYSTEM USUALLY DEVELOP QUICKLY...MOVE RAPIDLY...AND CAN OCCUR REPEATEDLY FROM THE SAME BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA AND CLOSE TO A THUNDERSTORM...TAKE COVER UNTIL IT PASSES. &
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, Oct 16, 2:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ205>207-220>223-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 250 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 1994 AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY. THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM NEAR ALICE, TO SAN ANTONIO, TO ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN. IN THE LOCAL AREA, THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING PARTS OF COMAL, GONZALES, GUADALUPE, WILSON, AND KARNES COUNTIES. THERE WERE ALSO A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN BEXAR COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACTIVITY AT THIS HOUR WAS LOCATED IN COMAL COUNTY, NEAR CANYON LAKE. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING OFF TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND STRONG GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 16, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ205>207-220>223-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 250 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 1994 AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY. THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM NEAR ALICE, TO SAN ANTONIO, TO ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN. IN THE LOCAL AREA, THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING PARTS OF COMAL, GONZALES, GUADALUPE, WILSON, AND KARNES COUNTIES. THERE WERE ALSO A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN BEXAR COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACTIVITY AT THIS HOUR WAS LOCATED IN COMAL COUNTY, NEAR CANYON LAKE. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING OFF TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND STRONG GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 16, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
TXZ193-208-194-162315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 518 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 515 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM ELGIN TO BASTROP TO SOUTHWEST OF LOCKHART. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN CALDWELL...BASTROP AND WESTERN LEE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS... ROADS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS. PEEK
Special weather statement, Oct 16, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
TXZ193-208-194-162315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 518 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 515 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM ELGIN TO BASTROP TO SOUTHWEST OF LOCKHART. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN CALDWELL...BASTROP AND WESTERN LEE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW WATER CROSSING~S... ROADS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS. PEEK
Special weather statement, Oct 16, 6:26 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
TXZ193-194-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 626 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 623 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE JUST SOUTHWEST OF BASTROP...AND NORTHEAST OF BASTROP. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN LEE AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF BASTROP COUNTY CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS. EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL INTENSITY DECREASED SOMEWHAT BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM... HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ROADS AND OTHER AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. PEEK
Special weather statement, Oct 16, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
TXZ193-194-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 626 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 623 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE JUST SOUTHWEST OF BASTROP...AND NORTHEAST OF BASTROP. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN LEE AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF BASTROP COUNTY CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THESE STOR MS. EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL INTENSITY DECREASED SOMEWHAT BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM... HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ROADS AND OTHER AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. PEEK
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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.