Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1990, 12:46 AM CST for Kinney County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 1990, 12:46 AM CST (06:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1990, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kinney County, TX, Uvalde 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 663 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 300651
SVRSAT
TXC271-463-300745-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1246 AM CST FRI MAR 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...KINNEY...UVALDE
AT 1245 AM CST...HONDO RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10
MILES EAST OF BRACKETTVILLE. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR DEL RIO. BOTH THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20
MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...HAIL
3/4 INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A HOME OR
BUILDING AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES.
YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
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 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, Mar 29, 10:23 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ054-300600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1020 PM CDT THU MAR 29 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM FRIDAY FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY TEXAS... THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING OVER NORTHWESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AS IT APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 10:42 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038>041-300500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 1043 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... EDWARDS PLATEAU AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 200 AM FRIDAY... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GEORGETOWN TO LAGRANGE TO GONZALES TO LAREDO. THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA IS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 1035 PM CST...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN AN AREA FROM NEAR KERRVILLE TO SONORA TO DEL RIO AND BACK TO KERRVILLE. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THE MOST RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS...AS WELL AS THE MOST INTENSE RAIN... HAD FORMED BETWEEN JUNO AND DEL RIO IN VAL VERDE COUNTY IN THE PAST HALF HOUR. THESE STORMS APPEARED TO BE FORMING INTO A NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED LINE AND WOULD LIKELY BE MOVING INTO WESTERN EDWARDS...KINNEY AND MAVERICK COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED IN THE THUNDERSTORMS... THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR THEM TO PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AND VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE ACTIVITY SO FAR.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:13 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ030-034>035-300630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1110 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR TRAVIS AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES... AT 1100 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SAN SABA...LAKE BUCHANAN TO FREDERICKSBURG. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND DECREASING IN INTENSITY IN THE PAST HOUR. HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES AS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FURTHER TO THE WEST. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNING CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:31 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038>041-300700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 1130 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM GEORGETOWN TO LAGRANGE TO GONZALES TO LAREDO UNTIL 200 AM FRIDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE INDICATED BY SATELLITE AND RADAR BETWEEN JUNCTION AND DEL RIO AT 1120 PM THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY WAS ALONG THE KINNEY-VAL VERDE COUNTY LINE... JUST TO THE EAST OF DEL RIO. THIS STORM PRODUCED MARBLE-SIZED HAIL THAT COVERED THE GROUND AS IT MOVED ACROSS COMSTOCK EARLIER THIS EVENING. THE STORMS COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EVEN LARGER HAIL...AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY DEADLY LIGHTNING. NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN WAS RECORDED AT JUNCTION IN UNDER ONE HOUR...INDICATING THAT BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE STORMS. THEY WILL BE MOVING ,TO NEAR A ROCKSPRINGS-BRACKETTVILLE LINE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 12:02 AM CST, 44 minutes before
TXZ054-300800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1205 AM CST FRI MAR 30 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM FRIDAY FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY TEXAS... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MOST OF VAL VERDE COUNTY. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUkGH THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SLOW DOWN ON WET STREETS.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 12:03 AM CST, 43 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038>041-300700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 1205 AM CST FRI MAR 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KINNEY COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM CST... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM GEORGETOWN TO LAGRANGE TO GONZALES TO LAREDO UNTIL 200 AM CST... NEAR MIDNIGHT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED FROM JUNCTION TO BRACKETTVILLE TO DEL RIO AND BACK TO JUNCTION. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR HAD INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRACKETTVILLE SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED MARBLE-SIZED HAIL THAT COVERED THE GROUND AT COMSTOCK. THE STORM COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IN A WELL-BUILT BUILDING OR HOUSE...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORlS. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW AREAS OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING INTO ANY DEEP WATER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| Mar 29, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 61 min |
| Mar 30, 1:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 2:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 65 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.