Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1989, 5:51 PM CST for Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 1989, 5:51 PM CST (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1989, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Milam County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
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 severe thunderstorm 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, Mar 20, 3:10 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 310 PM CST MON MAR 20 1989 ...COLDER WEATHER ON ITS WAY AFTER THE WARM WEATHER WE HAVE TODAY... COLD AND WINDY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. A STRONG COLD FRONT IN NORTH AND NORTHWEST TEXAS WILL MOVE INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO TUESDAY...LEAVING UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER OVER SOUTH TEXAS FOR LATE MARCH. DAMP AND CHILLY WEATHER COULD COME LATER TONIGHT OR TUESDAY IF RAIN DEVELOPS. AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT TUESDAY. IN THE HILL COUNTRY TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO NEAR 40 TONIGHT. WITH NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH ...THE WIND CHILL INDEX WILL BE IN THE TEENS OR POSSIBLY SINGLE DIGITS. AS A RESULT A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 50 ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO THE 30S. OVER SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON WILL FALL TO THE 40S TONIGHT ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. TUESDAYS HIGH IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOW 50S WITH NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CONTINUING. LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED IN THE 30S. THE COLD AND WINDY WEATHER WILL PRODUCE MODERATE LIVESTOCK COLD STRESS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. HERDS SHOULD BE GIVEN HIGH ENERGY FEED...AND YOUNG...SICK OR EXPECTANT ANIMALS WILL NEED EXTRA CARE. IF POSSIBLE... LOCATE HERDS IN AREAS OFFERING THE BEST PROTECTION FROM NORTHERLY WINDS. IN ADDITION...NEWLY SHORN SHEEP AND GOATS SHOULD BE SHELTERED. POULTRY MANAGERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR A SUDDEN CHANGE TO COLD AND WINDY WEATHER LATE TONIGHT. HEATERS WILL BE NEEDED FOR MUCH OF THE TIME FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. POULTRY HOUSES WILL NEED TO BE TIGHTENED UP TO COUNTERACT GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 3:40 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 20, 4:29 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 420 PM CST MON MAR 20 1989 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG COLD FROM NORTH OF AUSTIN. JUST AFTER 4 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF MOSTLY SHOWERS DEVELOPING ALONG AND NEAR THE COLD FRONT FROM NEAR LLANO TO NEAR TEMPLE AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN WACO AND DALLAS. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND MOVE THROUGH THE AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TEXAS AREA DURING THE EVENING ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT.
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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.