Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1989, 2:23 AM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1989, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bexar 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, 2:30 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Bexar, 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
Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 2703 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
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, 11:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 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, 1 hour 54 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, 1 hour 46 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 L IGHTNING ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND HIGHLAND LAKES DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:31 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 130 AM CDT SUN 11 JUNE 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS ALL AROUND AUSTIN... AT 125 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...15 TO 20 MILES WIDE...NOW EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF TEMPLE TO AUSTIN TO SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO. 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 IS FROM gTHESE STORMS FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY FLOOD SOME LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:47 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 130 AM CDT SUN 11 JUNE 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS ALL AROUND AUSTIN... AT 125 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...15 TO 20 MILES WIDE...NOW EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF TEMPLE TO AUSTIN TO SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT NEAR 25 MPH WHILE THE AREA OF PRECIPIATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING IS FROM vTHESE STORMS FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY FLOOD SOME LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:10 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 210 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 AT 205 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO EAST TO JUNCTION. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING SEVERE INTENSITY ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO NEAR PANDALE. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR PANDALE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION OF THIS THUNDERSTORM AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SECURE SHELTER. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY BLINDING RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS OF THIS STRENGTH.
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, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 25 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.