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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 4, 1994Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 4, 1994, 5:58 PM CST for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 1994, 5:58 PM CST (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1994, 6:38 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Williamson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 245 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2471 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2471 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
13.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAUS 050000
TORAUS
TXC491-050100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
558 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY
 
AT 6 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INDICATIONS OF TORNADIC
DEVELOPMENT WAS OVER ELGIN MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN YOUR CAR...DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.
LEAVE THE CAR...GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO STRUCTURE
IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
WHEN YDOUR COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN A WARNING...YOUR EYES AND EARS
BECOME YOUR BEST WARNING DEVICE.  PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO STORM
LOCATION AND MOVEMENT.  YOU MAY BE DOWNRANGE AND NEXT IN LINE
TO DEAL WITH ITS EFFECTS.

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, Nov 4, 4:26 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
TXZ173-192-191-193-194-209-174-042330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
426 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 430 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS 20 MILES EAST OF ROUND ROCK. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND HAS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY
RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BLEW SOME TREE BRANCHES DOWN. AT THIS
TIME THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE STORM IS SEVERE...HOWEVER...IT MAY
PRODUCE WEAK FUNNEL CLOUDS ALONG ITS PATH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE REGION. ALL
MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES...

TSCHIRHART

&
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 4:29 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TXZ173-192-191-193-194-209-174-042330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
426 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 430 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS 20 MILES EAST OF ROUND ROCK. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND HAS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY
RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BLEW SOME TREE BRANCHES DOWN. AT THIS
TIME THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE STORM IS SEVERE...HOWEVER...IT MAY
PRODUCE WEAK FUNNEL CLOUDS ALONG ITS PATH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE REGION. ALL
MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES...

TSCHIRDHART

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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.