Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1990, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy 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
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1932 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBRO 110125 RRA SVRBRO TXC061-489-110230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 830 PM CDT TUE APR 10 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...EASTERN CAMERON COUNTY...EASTERN WILLACY COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL WATERS FROM... ...PT MANSFIELD JETTYS TO MOUTH OF THE ARROYO AT 830 PM CDT BROWNSVILLE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES OF SOUTH TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWESTD FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 10, 3:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ042-043-044-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 330 PM CDT TUE APR 10 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER BROOKS AND NORTH KENEDY COUNTIES... AT 325 PM CDT BROWNSVILLE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER BROOKS AND NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTIES OF SOUTH TEXAS. THIS AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STRONG WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO BOATERS IN BAFFIN BAY SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS DOTTED NORTHEAST MEXICO AND SOUTH TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER LOW LYING AREA DUE TO THE INTENSITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING TO THEIR DESTINATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
TXZ041-042-043-044-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 600 PM CDT TUE APR 10 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS MOVING SOUTHEAST... AT 628 PM CDT BROWNSVILLE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE VICINITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. THIS AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. GUSTY WINDS ...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM LOCAL FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND STREETS IS POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. BOATERS ON THE LAGUNA MADRE AND GULF COASTAL WATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER THESE AREAS SHORTLY.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ041-042-043-044-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 655 PM CDT TUE APR 10 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS MOVING SOUTHEAST... AT 628 PM CDT BROWNSVILLE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE VICINITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. THIS AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. GUSTY WINDS ...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM LOCAL FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND STREETS IS POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. BOATERS ON THE LAGUNA MADRE AND GULF COASTAL WATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER THESE AREAS SHORTLY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Willacy | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.