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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 10, 1989Real County, Uvalde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1989, 10:25 PM CDT for Real County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 10, 1989, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1989, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 10:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Uvalde, TX

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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1989-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3652 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1989-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
7.8

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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 10, 5:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 9:33 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
935 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM
CDT...

AT 930 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 60 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST. MUCH LIGHTNING AND A LITTLE
RAIN ACCOMPANIED SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY PUSHED THROUGH
DEL RIO AND SOUTHEAST VAL VERDE COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR. ANOTHER
BAND OF SHOWERS WAS ABOUT 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO AND APROACHING
VAL VERDE COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING TO THE
EAST AT AROUND 15 MPH.

THERE WERE REPORTS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
COMSTOCK AREA AROUND 9 PM BUT NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.

LIGHTNING IS AN UNDERRATED DANGER...WHICH KILLS HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS
EVERY YEAR. REMAINING INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS DURING A LIGHTNING
STORM IS THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 9:48 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
947 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989

AT 945 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR EAGLE PASS.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE BETWEEN UVALDE AND LEAKEY.  MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO
THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AND HOUR.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE
HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  PERSONS IN THE TEXAS
HILL CONTRY AND MOTORISTS WEST OF SAN ANTONIO SHOULD BE ALERT AND
EXERCISE CAUTION SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM BE ENCOUNTERED.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano59 min
Jun 10, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr57 min
Jun 10, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick57 min
Jun 11, 12:10 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde50 min
Jun 11, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney56 min
Jun 11, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde25 min
Jun 11, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar67 min
Jun 11, 2:57 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde58 min
Jun 11, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde60 min
Jun 11, 3:39 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa51 min
Jun 11, 3:54 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXGonzales, Karnes, Wilson66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.