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Tornado Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1989, 11:17 PM CDT for McCulloch County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1989, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1989, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County McCulloch 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1876 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSJT 150417
TORSJT
TXC307-150500-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1117 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...MCCULLOCH
AT 1115 PM CDT THE DPS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN BRADY.
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY...THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.
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 YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.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, May 14, 5:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 545 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF THE BIG COUNTRY... AT 535 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY. THIS STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS THUNDERSTORM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLUVANNA TO FORT PHANTOM HILL. PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN THE BIG COUNTRY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO 7FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 645 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF THE BIG COUNTRY... AT 635 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLUVANNA TO MCCAULLEY TO BAIRD. PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE BIG COUNTRY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDu THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 7:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 745 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF THE BIG COUNTRY... AT 740 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY WEST OF A LINE FROM ASPERMONT TO STAMFORD TO BAIRD TO SOUTH OF COLEMAN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE BIG COUNTRY SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 8:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 759 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LARGE PORTION OF CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 10PM THIS SUNDAY EVENING... AT 800PM A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL OF THE CONCHO VALLEY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE INDICATED FROM STERLING CITY..THROUGH SAN ANGELO...AND EAST TO EDEN. STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. EXTENSIVE LOW LAND FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF TOM GREEN COUNTY. ALL MOTORISTS IN NORTH AND EAST TOM GREEN COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AT WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER KNOWN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO...ALL PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES OR SEVERE THU?NDERSTORMS. BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, May 14, 9:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 900 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING MOST OF THE BIG COUNTRY... AT 855 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLORADO CITY TO ANSON TO ALBANY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE BIG COUNTRY SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPID THUNDERSYTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 1005 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE BIG COUNTRY HAS EXPIRED... AT 10 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE BIG COUNTRY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WESTBROOK TO SWEETWATER TO SOUTH OF ALBANY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Runnels, Tom Green | 4 hr |
| May 14, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 59 min |
| May 14, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 56 min |
| May 14, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 62 min |
| May 15, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 68 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.