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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 15, 1994Bastrop County, Caldwell County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 6:56 PM CDT for Bastrop County, Caldwell County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Caldwell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1659 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 286 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-489 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
352 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie41 min
Apr 15, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lee47 min
Apr 15, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Real68 min
Apr 15, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde56 min
Apr 15, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde65 min
Apr 15, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney62 min
Apr 15, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde44 min
Apr 15, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Medina66 min
Apr 15, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal66 min
Apr 15, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar61 min
Apr 15, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe59 min
Apr 15, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala68 min
Apr 15, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell42 min
Apr 15, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Guadalupe, Wilson60 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.