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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 27, 1989Kinney County, Maverick County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1989, 10:09 PM CST for Kinney County, Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1989, 10:09 PM CST (04:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1989, 11:15 PM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick 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 27, 5:01 PM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:13 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
515 PM CST MON MAR 27 1989

...TORANDO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY...

AT 510 PM CST RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DEL RIO NORTHWARD TO THE VAL VERDE COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 423 PM CST THE SHERIFF REPORTED THE GROUND COVERED WITH HAIL NORTH OF
LANGTRY.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE
WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:18 PM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
520 PM CST MON MAR 27 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST FOR THE EDWARDS
   PLATEAU AND TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS MONDAY EVENING FOR
BANDERA...EDWARDS...KENDALL...KERR...MEDINA...REAL AND UVALDE COUNTIES.

AT 515 PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM JUST NORTH OF DEL
RIO IN VAL VERDE COUNTY NORTHWARD TO SAN ANGELO.  MOVEMENT IS TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS LINE IS APPROACHING EDWARDS COUNTY.

THERE IS CURRENTLY NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEAR BEXAR COUNTY OR THE
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.  HOWEVER...AS THE UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OUTBREAK OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER MOVES
FARTHER EAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS COULD
INCREASE NEAR THE LOCAL AREA...SO RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY TUNED AND
CONTINUE MONITORING RADIO OR TV BROADCASTS DURING THE EVENING.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde52 min
Mar 27, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde60 min
Mar 27, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde65 min
Mar 27, 10:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards66 min
Mar 27, 11:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Maverick57 min
Mar 27, 11:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards57 min
Mar 28, 12:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMilam, Williamson45 min
Mar 28, 4:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.