Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1989, 10:09 PM CST for Edwards 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
County Edwards 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2263 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 15.0
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, 7:10 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 705 PM CST MON MAR 27 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM THIS MONDAY EVENING FOR BLANCO...BURNET...GILLESPIE...LLANO...LAMPASAS...MILLS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES IN THE HILL COUNTRY OF CENTRAL TEXAS. AT 7 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE COUNTIES... HOWEVER A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA JUST EAST OF SAN ANGELO TO NORTH OF ABILENE CONTINUES TO NOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD WHILE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE HAVE PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR JUNO AND SOUTHWEST OF SONORA. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE WEATHER AND IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 7:16 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 720 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 715 PM CST...HONDO RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF DEL RIO IN VAL VERDE COUNTY NORTHWARD TO NORTH OF SAN ANGELO. THE LINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SEVERAL OF THE STORMS DURING THE PAST HOUR IN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND NORTHWARD. OTHER ACTIVITY IS INDICATED NEAR THE KINNEY-UVALDE-MAVERICK COUNTY LINE. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEAR BEXAR COUNTY OR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. HOWEVER...AS THE UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT IS PRODUCING THE SEVERE WEATHER MOVES EASTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...INFORMING YOU OF THE VERY LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 7:37 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 740 PM CST MON MAR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 735 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF JUNO. HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED 30 MILES EAST OF DEL RIO AND FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO NORTHWARD TO THE VAL VERDE COUNTY LINE. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 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 WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 9:12 PM CST, 57 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 66 min |
| Mar 27, 11:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 11:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Milam, Williamson | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.