Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 1994, 9:29 AM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 18, 1994, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 1994, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Victoria County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 9:31 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Placedo, TX | The small and short-lived was first observed by personnel from the Texas Highway Department at 0831CST and later by the Sheriffs Department at 0835CST. The tornado was moving toward the north. |
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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 2059 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 181432 TORVCT TXC469-181515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 929 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...EASTERN VICTORIA COUNTY AT 925 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR PLACEDO MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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 18, 8:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
TXZ183-181500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 820 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 1994 AT 815 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HONDO INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF SONORA TOWARDS COMSTOCK. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15-20 MPH. SINCE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT...BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR THUNDER IS HEARD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 8:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TXZ183-181500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 820 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 1994 AT 815 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HONDO INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF SONORA TOWARDS COMSTOCK. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15-20 MPH. SINCE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT...BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR THUNDER IS HEARD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 3 hr |
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.