Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 1994, 10:15 PM CDT for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 1994, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 1994, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burnet County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 250315 TORAUS TXC053-250400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1015 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BURNET COUNTY AT 1010 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERTRAM NEAR THE TOWN OF LAKE VICTOR. THE TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ...THIS UPGRADES THE SEVERED THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BURNET COUNTY... 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 PfROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS... BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. LEACH
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 24, 7:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171>174-188-190>194-209-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 755 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 750 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM TEMPLE TO GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRIDDY TO 10 MILES NORTH OF ADAMSVILLE AND NEAR FORT HOOD. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLDTHWAITE. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN IN MILLS COUNTY MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF SOME ROADS. PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR DEVELOPING OR APPROACHING STORMS. MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER FLOWS OVER OR COVERS THE ROAD. LEACH
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 7:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171>174-188-190>194-209-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 755 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 750 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM TEMPLE TO GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRIDDY TO 10 MILES NORTH OF ADAMSVILLE AND NEAR FORT HOOD. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLDTHWAITE. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN IN MILLS COUNTY MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF SOME ROADS. PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SH OULD REMAIN ALERT FOR DEVELOPING OR APPROACHING STORMS. MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER FLOWS OVER OR COVERS THE ROAD. LEACH
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171>174-188-190>194-209-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 850 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 845 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TEMPLE TO LAMPASAS TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN SABA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR COPPERAS COVE...10 MILES EAST OF SAN SABA AND 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN SABA. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAIN IN MILLS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF SOME ROADS. MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING INTO SPOTS WHERE WATER FLOWS OVER OR COVERS THE ROAD. LEACH
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 8:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171>174-188-190>194-209-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 850 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 845 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TEMPLE TO LAMPASAS TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN SABA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR COPPERAS COVE...10 MILES EAST OF SAN SABA AND 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN SABA. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAIN IN MILLS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF SOME ROADS. MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING INTO SPOTS WHERE WATER FLOWS OVER OR COVERS THE ROAD. LEACH
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 9:45 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171>174-188-190>194-209-250400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
945 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...
AT 940 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE ALONG A
LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KILLEEN TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE
BUCHANAN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST EAST OF OKALLA NEAR THE BELL-
BURNET COUNTY LINE. OTHER STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS
NORTHERN SAN SABA COUNTY.
ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE DPS OFFICE IN
LAMPASAS REPORTED GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.
SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF FLOODING OF SOME ROADS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE
STORMS. PEOPLE IS THESE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER AND AVOID DRIVING
INTO SPOTS WHERE WATER FLOWS OVER OR COVERS THE ROAD.
LEACHSpecial weather statement, Oct 24, 9:46 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171>174-188-190>194-209-250400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
945 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...
AT 940 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE ALONG A
LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KILLEEN TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE
BUCHANAN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST EAST OF OKALLA NEAR THE BELL-
BURNET COUNTY LINE. OTHER STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS
NORTHERN SAN SABA COUNTY.
ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE DPS OFFICE IN
LAMPASAS REPORTED GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.
SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF FLOODING OF SOME ROADS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE
STORMS. PEOPLE IS THESE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER AND AVOID DRIVING
INTO SPOTS WHERE WATER FLOWS OVER OR COVERS THE ROAD.
LEACHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 58 min |
| Oct 25, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 46 min |
| Oct 25, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 63 min |
| Oct 25, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 35 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.