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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1989, 9:10 PM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1989, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1989, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette 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, Apr 28, 5:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 555 PM CDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EXTENDING EASTWARD TO INCLUDE MUCH OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY FROM NEAR JUNCTION TO KERRVILLE AND EASTWARD TO FREDERICKSBURG. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF SAN ANTONIO AND EXTENDED EASTWARD INTO TO KARNES COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...THE STORMS SLOW MOVEMENT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 6 PM CDT FRI APRIL 28 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES NUMBER 136 AND 137 ARE IN EFFECT UNTILL LATE TONIGHT FOR ALL COUNTIES WITHIN 100 MILES OF AUSTIN... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR GEORGETOWN...SOUTH OF BLANCO AND NEAR KERRVILLE. THESE ARE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM WACO TO AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST. RAINS WILL BE MOVING OVER PARTS OF THE AUSTIN AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 650 PM CDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EXTENDING EASTWARD TO INCLUDE MUCH OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER SAN ANTONIO AND THE HILL COUNTRY. REPORTS RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO INDICATE PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT INGRAM IN KERR COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM DUMPED PEA SIZED HAIL ON DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF ACTIVITY COVERING MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY. HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING ALONG WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. BE ALERT FOR RISING FLOOD WATERS WHEN NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 7 PM CDT FRI APRIL 28 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTILL LATE TONIGHT FOR ALL COUNTIES WITHIN 100 MILES OF AUSTIN... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN CUERO AND KARNES CITY MOVING EASTWARD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE NEAR FORT HOOD, TEMPLE AND WACO MOVING EASTWARD. TO THE WEST OF AUSTIN MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS INDICATED BETWEEN AUSTIN, HONDO, KERRV*ILLE, HARPER, AND MARBLE FALLS... MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Apr 28, 8:37 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | La Salle | 69 min |
| Apr 29, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | La Salle | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 55 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.