Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1994, 1:28 PM CDT for Hays County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1994, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1994, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hays County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 131828 TORAUS TXC209-131900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 128 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...HAYS COUNTY ...TORNADO REPORTED IN HAYS COUNTY... AT 126 PM DPS OFFICERS IN HAYS COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR FM 150 AND FM 2770. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY 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 PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS... BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. 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. &
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, 8:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 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 58 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, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 18 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, 1 hour 18 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, 12:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 58 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, 1:37 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 |
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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.