Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 1990, 7:40 AM CST for Kleberg County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 reports 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
- Feb 21, 1990, 7:40 AM CST (13:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 1990, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Nueces, TX | |
| Feb 21, 8:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | San Patricio, 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 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 KCRP 211341
SVRCRP
TXC007-273-355-409-211545-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
740 AM CST WED FEB 21 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...ARANSAS...KLEBERG...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO BAY AND BAFFIN BAY.
AT 730 AM CST A LINE OF OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS
WAS LOCATED FROM ROBSTOWN TO KINGSVILLE MOVING TO EAST AT 25 MPH.
ALL MARINE INTEREST SHOULD RETURN TO PORT NOW. AS THIS LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVES OFF THE COAST HIGH WIND WITH HEAVY SEAS
AND A WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST WILL OCCUR.
A WIND GUST OF 60 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST WAS REPORTED AT ALICE AT
723 AM CST.
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 LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUIC)KLY 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, Feb 21, 2:13 AM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ040>042-211000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 210 AM CST WED FEB 21 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST NUECES AND WESTERN KLEBERG COUNTIES... AT 205 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ORANGE GROVE TO CORPUS CHRISTI. THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDED SOUTH TO THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEAR KINGSVILLE IN WESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. RESIDENTS IN THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THIS WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED EAST TO INCLUDE THE COASTAL BEND LATER THIS MORNING. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION ON INLAND BAYS... INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR ROUGH SEAS AND DANGEROUS VISIBILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 3:26 AM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ040>042-211100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 300 AM CST WED FEB 21 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN NUECES COUNTY... AT 255 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THREE RIVERS TO MUSTANG ISLAND. THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDED SOUTH TO THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS JUST WEST OF ROBSTOWN IN NUECES COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THIS WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED EAST TO INCLUDE THE COASTAL BEND LATER THIS MORNING. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION ON INLAND BAYS... INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR ROUGH SEAS AND DANGEROUS VISIBILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. STAY T1UNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 4:00 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ040>042-211200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 400 AM CST WED FEB 21 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA... AT 355 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE COASTAL BEND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINS WERE OVER THE CORPUS CHRISTI METROPOLITAN AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AND HOUR. THE CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS PICKED UP AROUND FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH IN THE PAST HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THIS WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED EAST TO INCLUDE THE COASTAL BEND LATER THIS MORNING. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION ON INLAND BAYS... INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR ROUGH SEAS AND DANGEROUS VISIBILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION FOR WET ROADS AND WATER STANDING ON LOW-LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 5:01 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ040>042-211300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 500 AM CST WED FEB 21 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL BEND... AT 455 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE COASTAL BEND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINS WERE OVER SAN PATRICIO AND DUVAL COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS PICKED UP 1.10 INCHES SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THIS WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED EAST TO INCLUDE THE COASTAL BEND LATER THIS MORNING. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION ON INLAND BAYS... INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR ROUGH SEAS AND DANGEROUS VISIBILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION FOR WET ROADS AND WATER STANDING ON LOW-LYING AREAS. ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME IN REACHING DESTINATIONS THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISI6ON FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 5:42 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ040>042-211400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 540 AM CST WED FEB 21 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL BEND... AT 535 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE COASTAL BEND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINS WERE OVER LIVE OAK AND DUVAL COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ALONG WITH POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS. RESIDENTS IN THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THIS WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED EAST OVER THE COASTAL BEND LATER THIS MORNING. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION ON INLAND BAYS... INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR ROUGH SEAS AND DANGEROUS VISIBILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION FOR WET ROADS AND WATER STANDING ON LOW-LYING AREAS. ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME IN REACHING DESTINATIONS THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 6:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 69 min |
| Feb 21, 7:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas | 2 hr |
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.