Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT for Real County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1990, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Real 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 260516
SVRSAT
TXC385-260615-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1215 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...REAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CAMP WOOD AT 1213 PM MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
PART OF A SYSTEM THAT HAD ALREADY PRODUCED HAIL OF 1 1/2 INCH DIAMETER
AND WIND GUSTS TO OVER 100 MPH EARLIER THIS EVENING.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.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 25, 7:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038-039-054-260100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 705 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EDWARDS KERR BANDERA REAL KINNEY AND UVALDE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR KENDALL COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 700 PM TONIGHT OVER WESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY...WEST OF THE CITY OF DEL RIO. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM HONDO TO LEAKEY TO JUNCTION. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH. A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES...AND HEAVY RAIN EXISTS TONIGHT OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... EDWARDS PLATEAU AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE THREAT AREA ARE URGED TO KEEP AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY AND MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER ADVISORIESK AND STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 7:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ054-260200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 710 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 705 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM 10 MILES WEST TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH. DO NOT STAY IN A VEHICLE OR MOBILE HOME AS THEY ARE EASILY TOSSED AND ROLLED BY HIGH WINDS. BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW. REMEMBER...MOST WEATHER RELATED DEATHS IN SOUTH TEXAS ARE DUE TO LIGHTNING AND FLASH FLOODING. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND PCLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 7:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ030-034-260230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 740 PM CDT TUE APR 25 1990 ...TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR GILLESPIE ...LAMPASAS...MILLS...SAN SABA...BURNET AND LLANO COUNTIES. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE AUSTIN AND SURROUNDING AREAS. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR SAN SABA ACROSS MILLS COUNTY TO WEST OF STEPHENVILLE. ALSO WEST OF MENARD AND BRADY. OTHER WIDLY SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WAS OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA WITHIN 50 TO 75 MILES OF AUSTIN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT NEAR 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 9:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ030-034>036-260430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 925 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990 ...TORNDAO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT TILL 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR... MILLS...SAN SABA...LAMPASAS...GILLESPIE...LLANO...BURNET AND BLANCO. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES. WEATHER RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR COMANCHE AND WEST OF BRADY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND IN A BAND 50 MILES WIDE FROM DEL RIO TO 90 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN TO FORT WORTH. A FEW SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE LOCATED FROM BRIGGS TO NORTH OF FORT HOOD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT NEAR 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE AUSTIN AREA VERY LATE TONIGHT. EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS AND ADVISORIES WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING PERSISTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:39 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
TXZ030-034>036-260630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1135 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990 ...TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR... MILLS...SAN SABA...LAMPASAS...GILLESPIE...LLANO...BURNET AND BLANCO. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES. AT 1120 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR BROWNWOOD AND WEST OF SAN SABA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND IN A BAND 50 MILES WIDE FROM DEL RIO TO 90 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN TO FORT WORTH. LIGHT RAIN AND A FEW RAIN SHOWERS ARE FOUND FROM AUSTIN TO NEW BRAUNFELS ...VICTORIA...LA GRANGE...COLLEGE STATION...GEORGETOWN AND BACK TO AUSTIN. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITAION IS TO THE NORTHNORTHEST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN MILLS...SAN SABA...LLANO AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS AND ADVISORIES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS DUE TO STORMS APvPROACHING THESE COUNTIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 63 min |
| Apr 25, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 6:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Mills | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Mills | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Victoria | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Victoria | 57 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.