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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1989, 7:32 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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
- Apr 29, 1989, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1989, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Caldwell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Caldwell, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 2723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAUS 300032
SVRAUS
TXC055-300130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
732 PM CDT APR 29 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...CALDWELL
AT 730 PM...RADAR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOCKHART MOVING
VERY SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NORTH. LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIALLY
HIGH WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT PASSES OVER NORTHERN
CALDWELL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.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 29, 5:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 555 PM CDT SAT APRIL 19 1989 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM... JUST BEFORE 6 PM...RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE ALONG THE UPPER HIGHLAND LAKES AND WESTERN HILL COUNTRY. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR DOTTED SPOTS AROUND GOLDTHWAITE...BURNET...ROUND MOUNTAIN AND FREDERICKSBURG. ALSO ONE TO THE DISTANT SOUTHEAST BETWEEN SHINER AND HALLETSVILLE. PERSONS IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND KEEP UP WITH LATTER STATEMENTS...FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARN/INGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 600 PM CDT THU APR 29 1989 ...DEL RIO AND VAL VERDE COUNTY ARE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 550 PM AN AREA OF STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEL RIO ON THE RIO GRANDE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTH TO DEL RIO AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF VAL VERDE COUNTY. VERY STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH STORMS OF THIS STRENGTH. PEOPLE TRAVELLING SOUTH TOWARDS EAGLE PASS SHOULD EXPECTED TO ENCOUNTER THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LIGHTNING IS DANGEROUS AT ALL TIMES...IT IS FREQUENT NEAR INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS. STAYING INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS IS THE MOST SENSIBLE COURSE OF ACTION DURING AN INTENSE LIGHTNING STORM. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE NORTH OF VAL VERDE COUNTY EXTENDING FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO...NEAR PANDALE TO THE EAST TOWARDS JUNCTION...90 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HIGHWAY 163 IN SOUTHERN CROCKETT COUNTY. PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NORTH OF VAL VERDE COUNTAY AND MOTORISTS TRAVELLING NORTH TOWARDS SAN ANGELO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:52 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX[
700 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989
TIME(CDT) EVENT LOCATION
0428 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL SOUTHWEST KERR COUNTY ALONG TX HWY 39
0428 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL HYW 29 IN SOUTHWEST KERR COUNTY.
0517 PM WIND 40-50 MPH EAGLE PASS...MAVERICK COUNTY
0525 PM THREE-QUATERS INCH HAIL EAGLE PASS... MAVERICK COUNTY
0527 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL 10 WEST OF CITY OF MEDINA...MEDINA COUNTY
0530 PM WIND 60 MPH TREES BREAKING OFF EAGLE PASS...MAVERICK
COUNTY.
530 PM TENNIS-GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL 12 MI WEST OF BANDERA...BANDERA COUNTY
546 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH LAREDO...WEBB COUNTY
615 PM PING-PONG SIZE HAIL 9 WEST MEDINA...BANDERA COUNTY
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
HEAVY RAIN 1.41 INCHES
645 PM MAJOR DAMAGE IN EAGLE PASS CARS BLOWN OVER...TRAILERS TURNED
OVER...TREES DOWN...HOUSE PUSHED INTO
STREET...EXTENSIVE HAIL DAMAGE TO HOUSES
FIRES REPORTEDLocal storm report, Apr 29, 6:53 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX[
700 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989
TIME(CDT) EVENT LOCATION
0428 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL SOUTHWEST KERR COUNTY ALONG TX HWY 39
0428 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL HYW 29 IN SOUTHWEST KERR COUNTY.
0517 PM WIND 40-50 MPH EAGLE PASS...MAVERICK COUNTY
0525 PM THREE-QUATERS INCH HAIL EAGLE PASS... MAVERICK COUNTY
0527 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL 10 WEST OF CITY OF MEDINA...MEDINA COUNTY
0530 PM WIND 60 MPH TREES BREAKING OFF EAGLE PASS...MAVERICK
COUNTY.
530 PM TENNIS-GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL 12 MI WEST OF BANDERA...BANDERA COUNTY
546 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH LAREDO...WEBB COUNTY
615 PM PING-PONG SIZE HAIL 9 WEST MEDINA...BANDERA COUNTY
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
HEAVY RAIN 1.41 INCHES
645 PM MAJOR DAMAGE IN EAGLE PASS CARS BLOWN OVER...TRAILERS TURNED
OVER...TREES DOWN...HOUSE PUSHED INTO
STREET...EXTENSIVE HAIL DAMAGE TO HOUSES
FIRES REPORTEDSpecial weather statement, Apr 29, 7:03 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 700 PM CDT THU APR 29 1989 ...DEL RIO AND VAL VERDE COUNTY ARE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 650 PM THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MEXICO THAT THREATENED VAL VERDE COUNTY HAD MOVED TO THE EAST AND WERE NO LONGER A THREAT TO VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM NEAR UVALDE TO SOUTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS AND MOVING EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. VERY STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH STORMS OF THIS STRENGTH. PEOPLE TRAVELLING EAST TOWARDS SAN ANTONIO AND SOUTH OF EAGLE PASS CAN EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF REPORTS OF HAIL WITH THE STORMS TO THE EAST. PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO SAN ANTONIO ON HIGHWAY 90 SHOULD CONSIDER THE COST OF POSSIBLE HAIL DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLES WHILE THESE STORMS REMAIN ALONG THIS ROUTE. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE NORTH OF VAL VERDE COUNTY BUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING. A RANCH NEAR HIGHWAY 163 IN SOUTH CROCKETT COUNTY HAS REPORTED REPEATED PERIODS OF HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO AND HAD MOVED LITTLE IN THE LAST HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 725 PM CDT SAT APRIL 19 1989 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS NOW MOVING INTO WESTERN WILLIAMSON... TRAVIS AND HAYS COUNTIES... AT 720 PM...A LINE...20 MILES WIDE...OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF LAMPASAS TO THE WEST END OF LAKE TRAVIS...TO WEST OF DRIPPING SPRINGS. AN ISOLATED STORM WAS ALOS BETWEEN SAN MARCOS AND BUDA. THEY WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HIGH WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THIS AREA UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | La Salle, Webb | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Travis, Williamson | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 67 min |
| Apr 29, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Wilson | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burleson, Lee, Milam | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Goliad | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Jackson | 46 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.