Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1989, 1:04 AM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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 11, 1989, 1:04 AM CDT (06:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1989, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kinney 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:18 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Kinney, 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 110607
SVRSAT
TXC271-110700-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
104 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...KINNEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
NOTHWESTERN KINNEY COUNTY...NEAR HIGHWAY 90...MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT
20 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL EARLIER AS IT
MOVED NEAR DEL RIO.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...HAIL
3/4 INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A HOME OR
BUILDING AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES.
YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR
SPEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.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, 10:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1030 PM CDT SAT 10 JUNE 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST... AT 1025 PM...RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN LINE...15 MILES WIDE...EXTENDING FROM 45 MILES WEST OF WACO PAST LAKE BUCHANAN AND MARBLE FALLS TO LLANO AND ON TO SOUTH OF JUNCTION. THE LINE IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH- EAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND HIGHLAND LAKES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
1112 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING TIL 1130 PM CDT FOR UVALDAE...SOUTHERN
REAL AND KERR COUNTIES...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING TIL 1145 PM CDT FOR MAVERICK COUNTY...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY AT 11 PM CDT IN NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTY.
OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR EAGLE PASS IN MAVERICK
COUNTY.
MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AND HOUR.Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1130 PM CDT SAT 10 JUNE 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN... AT 1125 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...15 MILES WIDE...NOW EXTENDS FROM JUST WEST OF KILLEEN TO NORTHWEST OF LAKE TRAVIS PAST MARBLE FALLS TO NEAR JOHNSON CITY...FREDERICKSBURG AND KERRVILLE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND HIGHLAND LAKES DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1150 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 1989 STRONG GUSTY WINDS BEGAN OCCURRING IN DEL RIO AROUND 11 PM CDT. THESE WINDS WERE COMING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 35 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR EAGLE PASS. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 43 MPH WERE RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHORTLY AFTER 11 PM. WINDS REMAINED GUSTY IN DEL RIO BUT HAD SUBSIDED AS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR EAGLE PASS MOVED FARTHER AWAY. AT 1145 PM RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER DEL RIO AND SOUTHEAST VAL VERDE COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING< CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:29 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 1224 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 TIME EVENT 1150 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY UVALDE SHERIFFS SATURDAY DEPARTMENT 14 MILES WEST OF UVALDE. 0015 AM CDT MARBLE SIZED HAIL FELL FOR 20 MINUTES IN MAVERICK SUNDAY COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 12:37 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1235 AM CDT SUN 11 JUNE 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN... AT 1230 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...15 MILES WIDE...NOW EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF WACO TO LAKE TRAVIS TO SOUTHWEST OF HONDO. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 25 MPH WHILE THE AREA OF PRECIPIATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND HIGHLAND LAKES DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 12:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 2:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 3:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 3:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 66 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.