Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1989, 11:29 PM CDT for Jackson County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1989, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1989, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 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 00:00Z, 4.5 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
- 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 KVCT 300435
TORVCT
TXC239-300515-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
1129 PM CDT APR 29 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...JACKSON
AT 1130 PM CDT JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FUNNEL SOUTH OF HIWAY
11 MOVING NORTH.
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.
IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY...YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.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, Apr 29, 7:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
757 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989
745 PM...HAMS REPORTED A MEASURED WIND GUST TO 62 MPH AT LAGO VISTA
OR 304/20 FROM AUSTIN.
AUS/JVD.Special weather statement, Apr 29, 8:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 805 PM CDT THU APR 29 1989 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... AT 800 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTOfRMS ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE VAL VERDE COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 8:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
820 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989
TIME EVENT
1845 WSO 44 KTS...51 MPH.
1910 WSO 42 KTS...48 MPH.
1945 HAMS REPORTED A MEASURED WIND GUST TO 62 MPH AT LAGO VISTA
OR 304/20 FROM AUSTIN.
2013 RELAYED REPORTS FROM STORM TEAM...
AUSTIN...STECK AND MOPAC...WIND GUST TO 43 MPH.
1935 LOCHART...2 INCH HAIL.
1935 VOLENTE...311/15 AUS...EST. 60 MPH WIND.
1945 SOUTH AUSTIN AT BARTON SPRINGS/SOUTH 1ST. STREET FUNNEL
CLOUDS OR CBMAM.
AUS/JVD.Local storm report, Apr 29, 10:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
945 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989
TIME CDT EVENT
1845 WSO AUS 44 KTS...51 MPH.
1910 WSO AUS 42 KTS...48 MPH.
1945 HAMS REPORTED A MEASURED WIND GUST TO 62 MPH AT LAGO VISTA
OR 304/20 FROM AUSTIN.
2013 RELAYED REPORTS FROM STORM TEAM...
AUSTIN...STECK AND MOPAC...WIND GUST TO 43 MPH.
1935 LOCHART...2 INCH HAIL.
1935 VOLENTE...311/15 AUS...EST. 60 MPH WIND.
1945 SOUTH AUSTIN AT BARTON SPRINGS/SOUTH 1ST. STREET FUNNEL
CLOUDS OR CBMAM.
2038 11E AUS...3/8 IN. HAIL.
2105 GARFIELD...5SE AUS...ONE INCH HAIL.
.
ADDITIONAL REPORTS FROM HAMS...
2011 CITY OF AUSTIN...45TH/LAMAR...MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
2023 10NE AUSTIN...DESSAU ESTATES...ROOF OFF MOBILE HOME.
2024 12N LOCKHART...HAIL AND HIGH WINDS/HEAVY RAINS.
2028 12N LOCKHART...PEA-MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
2205 REPORT RELAYED FROM WSO WACO...1/2 INCH HAIL AND WIND
WINDS TO 45 MPH AT CRESTMAN IN BURLESON COUNTY AROUND
930 PM.
FINAL/AUS/JVD.Local storm report, Apr 29, 10:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED TO INCLUDE LATEST INFORMATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1025 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989
TIME(CDT) EVENT LOCATION
428 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL SOUTHWEST KERR COUNTY ALONG TX HWY 39
428 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL HYW 29 IN SOUTHWEST KERR COUNTY.
517 PM WIND 40-50 MPH EAGLE PASS...MAVERICK COUNTY
525 PM .75 INCH HAIL EAGLE PASS... MAVERICK COUNTY
527 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL 10 WEST OF CITY OF MEDINA...MEDINA COUNTY
530 PM WIND 60 MPH TREES BREAKING OFF EAGLE PASS...MAVERICK
COUNTY.
530 PM PING-PONG SIZE HAIL 9 WEST MEDINA...BANDERA 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
545 PM MAJOR DAMAGE IN EAGLE PASS...MAVERICK COUNTY CARS BLOWN
OVER...TRAILERS TURNED OVER...TREES DOWN...HOUSE PUSHED INTO
STREET... FIRES TO HOUSES AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
710 PM GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 2 MI EAST BANDERA...BANDERA COUNTY
717 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL ENCINAL...LA SALLE COUNTY
717 PM WIND GUST 62 MPH HONDO...MEDINA COUNTY
725 PM GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL BROKEN WINDSHEILDS 17 MI NORTH LAREDO
WEBB COUNTY
735 PM FUNNEL CLOUD ST MARY STREET DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO
740 PM WIND GUST 40 MPH DEVINE...MEDINA COUNTY
749 PM PEA SIZE HAIL LEON SPRINGS...NORTHWEST SAN ANTONIO
750 PM PEA SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF INGRAM MALL NORTHWEST OF
SAN ANTONIO
752 PM WIND GUST 55 MPH LA COSTE...BEXAR COUNTY
812 PM GUM DROP SIZE HAIL LAREDO..MEDINA COUNTY
817 PM TORNADO ON GROUND ELMENDORF...BEXAR COUNTY MOVING TOWARD
BY PUBLIC FLORESVILLE...WILSON COUNTY
818 PM TREES/POWER LINES DOWN SOUTH SAN ANTONIO
832 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL ELMENDORF...BEXAR COUNTY
833 PM TREES/ POWER LINES DOWN ATASCOSA COUNTYSpecial weather statement, Apr 29, 10:32 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1031 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED ACROSS AN AREA FROM NEAR COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA TO CORPUS CHRISTI TO LAREDO TO SAN ANTONIO AND BACK TO COLLEGE STATION AT 1025 PM. THE STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. VERY INTENSE AND BRILLIANT LIGHTNING DISPLAYS CONTINUED LATE THIS EVENING OVER THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA. HOWEVER...ONLY WIND GUSTS TO 25 AND 30 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED IN THE THUNDERSTORMS. NO S:EVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WITHIN THE PAST HOUR.
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, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 58 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 |
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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.