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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 10, 1989Gonzales County, Guadalupe County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1989, 3:49 AM CDT for Gonzales County, Guadalupe County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 1989, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 1989, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe 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, May 9, 11:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1055 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTY...

AT 1045 PM CDT AUSTIN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THREE STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS IN NORTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTY WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT. BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
STORMS. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING ROADS AND LOW WATER
CROSSING IS LIKELY IN NORTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTY DUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN KIMBLE COUNTY IN THE
VICINITY OF JUNCTION AND SOUTH WEST OF LONDON.

ELESWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FReOM EAST
OF BUFFALO IN LEON COUNTY TO WEST OF TEMPLE AND SOUTH OF KILLEEN MOVING
SOUTH AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.

Special weather statement, May 9, 11:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 1:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 1:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 2:57 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 3:02 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards	57 min
May 9, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Edwards	66 min
May 9, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	60 min
May 9, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	60 min
May 9, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kinney, Uvalde	55 min
May 9, 10:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde, Zavala	57 min
May 9, 11:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Zavala	61 min
May 10, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bexar	69 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.