Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1989, 8:37 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1989, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1989, 9:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
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, Jun 6, 4:37 PM CDT, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 435 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 430 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE CLOSEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A HUNDRED MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO NEAR FORT STOCKTON. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. PLEASE REMEMBER...ALTHOUGH NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TORNADO WATCH IN VAL VERDE COUNTY...CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN JUDGED FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP WHICH COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 440 PM CDT TUE JUN 06 1989 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS...INCLUDING EDWARDS COUNTY IN THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 1100 PM. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE TRANSPECOS REGION THIS EVENING AND MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD EDWARDS COUNTY. SOME STORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED WEST NEAR SANDERSON. IT WILL BE SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THESE STORMS COULD REACH EDWARDS COUNTY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISSUE PERIODICAL SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON DEVELOPING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF SEVERE WEATHER MOVES INTO THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 647 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 640 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG THE NORTHWEST VAL VERDE COUNTY LINE ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANDALE CROSSING. ANOTHER INTENSE STORM WAS 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO IN MEXICO. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN WEST AND NORTHWEST VAL VERDE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLOWER TRAFFIC DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES EXIST IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREpA. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TY AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR THE FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:51 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Mills, San Saba | 69 min |
| Jun 6, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 68 min |
| Jun 7, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Travis | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Milam | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Shelby | 3 hr |
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.