Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1994, 12:37 PM CDT for Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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
- May 13, 1994, 12:37 PM CDT (17:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1994, 1:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lavaca County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Vienna, TX | A tornado touched down near Vienna, destroying a mobile home and a house, knocking down power lines and covering the roadway with debris. One witness reported hearing a sound like a "freight train." |
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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 335 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 13, 7:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ183-131400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 725 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 AT 720 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM DEL RIO TOWARDS JUNO THEN TOWARDS ROCKSPRINGS. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY...SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS COULD BE UNDERWATER...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 163 AND 189 IN NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION THROUGH THE COUNTY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...ANYMORE RAIN WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT MAY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ183-131500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 830 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 825 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY...SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE COUNTY COULD BE UNDERWATER. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION THROUGH THE COUNTY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...ANYMORE RAIN WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT MAY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BE AWARE THAT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ARE OCCURING OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR...AND FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ183-131500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 830 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 825 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY...SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE COUNTY COULD BE UNDERWATER. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION THROUGH THE COUNTY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...ANYMORE RAIN WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT MAY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BE AWARE THAT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ARE OCCURING OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR...AND FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
Local storm report, May 13, 12:06 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
715APM CDT TUE MAY 03 1994
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT...OF 13 MAY 1994...
1120AM CDT BURNET SOUTH OF MARBLE FALLS ... PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD... AT HWY 71 AND 280
THUNDERSTORM REPORTED AS SEVERE BY TROOPER.
1121AM CDT GILLESPIE HAM RADIO REPORTED HIGHWAY 16 ... 10 MILES NORTH
OF FREDERICKSBURGv CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
1145AM CDT BURNET SHERIFF AND LCRA REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN
IN AND NEAR MARBLE FALLS...REPORTED HOMES AND
BUILDINGS DOWN...POSSIBLE PEOPLE TRAPPED.
WITHROWLocal storm report, May 13, 12:10 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1210PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THIS LINE CORRECTED
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT...OF 13 MAY 1994...
1120AM CDT BURNET SOUTH OF MARBLE FALLS ... PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD... AT HWY 71 AND 280
THUNDERSTORM REPORTED AS SEVERE BY TROOPER.
1121AM CDT GILLESPIE HAM RADIO REPORTED HIGHWAY 16 ... 10 MILES NORTH
OF FREDERICKSBURG CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
1145AM CDT BURNET SHERIFF AND LCRA REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN
IN AND NEAR MARBLE FALLS...REPORTED HOMES AND
BUILDINGS DOWN...POSSIBLE PEOPLE TRAPPED.
WITHROWLocal storm report, May 13, 12:10 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1210PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THIS LINE CORRECTED
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT...OF 13 MAY 1994...
1120AM CDT BURNET SOUTH OF MARBLE FALLS ... PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD... AT HWY 71 AND 280
THUNDERSTORM REPORTED AS SEVERE BY TROOPER.
1121AM CDT GILLESPIE HAM RADIO REPORTED HIGHWAY 16 ... 10 MILES NORTH
OF FREDERICKSBURG CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
1145AM CDT BURNET SHERIFF AND LCRA REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN
IN AND NEAR MARBLE FALLS...REPORTED HOMES AND
BUILDINGS DOWN...POSSIBLE PEOPLE TRAPPED.
WITHROWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 94 min |
| May 13, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | San Saba | 3 hr |
| May 13, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 65 min |
| May 13, 12:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 48 min |
| May 13, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 55 min |
| May 13, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 55 min |
| May 13, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Hays | 32 min |
| May 13, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 8 min |
| May 13, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 70 min |
| May 13, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Wilson | 65 min |
| May 13, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 61 min |
| May 13, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 60 min |
| May 13, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 28 min |
| May 13, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | McMullen | 58 min |
| May 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 49 min |
| May 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 55 min |
| May 13, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Victoria | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.