Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1989, 3:54 AM CDT for Gonzales County, Karnes County, Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1989, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1989, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Wilson 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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 2703 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 110903
TORSAT
TXC177-255-493-111000-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
354 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...GONZALES...KARNES...WILSON
AT 350 AM CDT...THE WILSON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES WEST OF PANDORA ON US HIGHWAY 87 IN
WILSON COUNTY. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS WAS REPORTED BY AN
OFF-DUTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY. THE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THIS
TORNADO IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST INTO GONZALES AND KARNES
COUNTIES AT 20 TO 30 MPH. PERSONS NEAR PANDORA IN WILSON COUNTY...
GILLETT IN KARNES COUNTY AND NIXON AND SMILEY IN GONZALES COUNTY
SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT ONCE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR A
CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY.
LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY
ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 10 AM CDT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.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, 2:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 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, 1 hour 23 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, 1 hour 19 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:16 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 315 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 THE 1.14 INCHES OF RAIN RECORDED AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR AND A HALFz IS THE MOST RAIN OBSERVED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN A SINGLE DAY SINCE 2.75 INCHES FELL ON JULY 21 1988. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL SO THE TOTAL WILL LIKELY BE HIGHER WHEN THE OFFICIAL AMOUNT IS TALLIED LATER THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:30 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 330 AM CDT SUN 11 JUNE 1989 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST OF AUSTIN... AT 325 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...15 MILES WIDE...NOW EXTENDS FROM NORTH OF COLLEGE STATION TO SMITHVILLE TO EAST OF SAN ANTONIO. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT NEAR 30 MPH ...WHILE THE AREA OF PRECIPIATION WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 25 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 1.02 INCHES SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN...MOST OF IT FELL IN ONE HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:49 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
3450 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989
TIME EVENT
106 AM CDT MARBLE SIZED HAIL 15 MILES WEST OF BRACKETVILLE
IN KINNEY COUNTY.
110 AM GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL ALONG THE VAL VERDE-KINNEY
COUNTY LINE.
205 AM FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
NEAR PEARSALL
215 AM QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN TERRELL HILLS.
216 AM LIGHTNING STRIKE AND POWER OUTAGE 1/4 MILE EAST
OF THE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN ANTONIO.
220 AM A TREE BLOWN ON A HOUSE IN COLONIES NORTH SUBDIVISION OF
SAN ANTONIO.
221 AM PEA SIZED HAIL FELL AT THE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN
ANTONIO.
236 AM PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL IN ALOMO HEIGHTS.
236 AM TORNADO REPORTED BY PUBLIC NEAR ZARZAMORA STREET IN
SOUTHERN SAN ANTONIO.
305 AM POSSIBLE TORNADO AT KIRBY TO THE NORTHEAST OF SAN ANTONIO
WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOME...PICKED UP A SMALL
SHED AND MOVED IT 100 YARDS.
340 AM A FUNNEL CLOUD IN ATASCOSA COUNTY TO THE EAST OF HIGHWAY
281. REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
NThe 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, 2:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 58 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.