Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1989, 2:57 AM CDT for Val Verde 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
- Jun 11, 1989, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1989, 3:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Val Verde 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, 3:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Val Verde, 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 3652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
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 tornado 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 11, 1:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 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, 1 hour 10 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, 47 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:29 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 229 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 BULLETIN URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX[ 225 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 AT 225 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS REPORTED OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF SAN ANTONIO DURING THE PAST HOUR. MOTORISTS DRIVING IN AND AROUND SAN ANTONIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING FLOOD WATERS IN LOW WATERS CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PEOPLE NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING FLOOD WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:31 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
BULLETIN URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 225 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 AT 225 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS REPORTED OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF SAN ANTONIO DURING THE PAST HOUR. MOTORISTS DRIVING IN AND AROUND SAN ANTONIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING FLOOD WATERS IN LOW WATERS CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PEOPLE NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING FLOOD WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:35 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 235 AM CDT SUN 11 JUNE 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TO THE EAST OF AUSTIN... AT 230 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...20 MILES WIDE...NOW EXTENDS FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUSTIN TO 15 MILES EAST OF AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO...INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT NEAR 30 MILES PER WHILE THE AREA OF PRECIPIATION WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY FLOOD SOME LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. THE AUSTIN WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN HAS RECEIVED NEAR ONE INCH OF RAIN IN THE LAST 50 MINUTES ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 32 MPH.
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, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 67 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
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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.