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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1989, 7:37 AM CDT for Jackson County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1989, 7:37 AM CDT (12:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1989, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 2848 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KVCT 151240
TORVCT
TXC239-151315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
737 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...CENTRAL JACKSON
EDNA CITY POLICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD TWO MILES NORTH OF EDNA
AT HIGHWAY 111 MOVG SOUTH
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 15, 4:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
430 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1989
...PRELIMENARY STORM SUMMARY FOR NIGHT/MORNING 15 MAY 1989...
TIME CDT... EVENT
0050 AT 0046 DPS IN KERRVILLE RELAYED REPORT OF 11/2 INCH
HAIL IN SMALL TOWN OF DOSS...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
GILLESPIE COUNTY.
0119 S.O. IN FREDERICKSBURG RELAYED REPORT OF 1 TO 2 INCH
HAIL IN DOSS WITH BUSTED OUT WINDOWS.
0200 DPS IN KERRVILLE REPORTED HAIL IN FREDERICKSBURG.
0203 S.O. IN FREDERICKSBURG REPORTED HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZE HAD MOVED OVER NORTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTY.
0229 TOW...NEAR LAKE BUCHANAN...REPORTED WIND GUST TO NEAR
50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. NO HAIL.
0329 LAKEWAY AIRPORT...WEST OF AUSTIN...REPORTED RAIN AT
NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR RATE.
0343 AUSTIN...HWY 183 AND DUVAL RD...SMALL HAIL.
0345 AUTIN...BURNET AND ANDERSON...HEAVY DOWNPOUR.
0345 LAKE AUSTIN AND HWY 360...WINDS 40 MPH PLUS AND
RAINFALL RATE OF ONE INCH PER HOUR.
0355 WIMBERLY...RAINS OF NEAR 3 INCHES IN ONE HOUR.
0410 AUSTIN...HOWARD LANE AND METRIC...FLOODWED TO 4 INCHES
DEEP.
0412 AUSTIN...MANOR ROAD AND SPRINGDALE...FLOODED WITH 6
INCHES OF WATER.
AUSTIN...BERKMAN AND HWY 290...WATER 31/2 FEET DEEP.
END/SO FAR.
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END/JVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 60 min |
| May 14, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 66 min |
| May 14, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 50 min |
| May 14, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | La Salle | 65 min |
| May 15, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 57 min |
| May 15, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 58 min |
| May 15, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis | 58 min |
| May 15, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 59 min |
| May 15, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Travis | 115 min |
| May 15, 4:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 2 hr |
| May 15, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Victoria | 46 min |
| May 15, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.