Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1990, 11:29 PM CDT for San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1990, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1990, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Saba 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 280430 SVRAUS TXC411-280500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1129 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SOUTHERN SAN SABA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS NOTED IN SOUTHERN PART OF SAN SABA COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. 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.L 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, May 27, 6:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 7 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTILL 10 PM THIS INCLUDES TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES EXCEPT FAYETTE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MILLS...LAMPASAS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES UNTILL MIDNIGHT... AT 655 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTH OF FREDER- ICBURG TO MASOM...LLANO...GOLDTHWAITE AND BROWNWOOD. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SAN SABA AND BROWNWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS ON LAKES AND RIVERS ARE ADVISED TO HEAD FOR SHORE IF THUNDER IS HEARD OR LIGHTNING BIS SEEN.
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 8 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTILL 10 PM THIS INCLUDES TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES EXCEPT FAYETTE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MILLS...LAMPASAS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES UNTILL MIDNIGHT... AT 750 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER LLANO COUNTY AND NEAR THE CITY OF BRADY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN WACO AND BROWNWOOD AND STEPHENVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS ON LAKES AND RIVERS ARE ADVISED TO HEAD FOR SHORE IF THUNDER IS HEARD OR LIGHTNING IS SEEN.
Local storm report, May 27, 8:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
9 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE COUNTY EVENT ... MAY 27 1990
CDT
545 PM SAN SABA MARBLE TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AHT RICHLAND
SPRINGS REPORTED BY DPS LAMPASAS
555 PM SAN SABA MARBLE TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WEST
SAN SABA REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAN SABA CO.Special weather statement, May 27, 9:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
TXZ035-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 940 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING KERR COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...GENERALLY FROM EAST OF JUNCTION TO COLLEGE STATION. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED BY RADAR FROM NORTHEAST OF JUNCTION TO NEAR LAMPASAS...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORM COULD STRENGTHEN AND BECOME SEVERE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE NATIONA WEATHER SERVICE IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 27, 9:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-280500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 950 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 337 IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTILL 2 AM MONDAY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS...THIS INCLUDES TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES EXCEPT FOR FAYETTE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MILLS...LAMPASAS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES UNTILL MIDNIGHT... AT 945 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM WEST OF LLANO TO BETWEEN LAMPASAS AND SAN SABA TO EAST OF GOLDTHWAITE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS NEAR THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY.
Special weather statement, May 27, 10:35 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
TXZ035-280500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 1034 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 2 AM FOR PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING KERR COUNTY... AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HONDO INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN GILLESPIE COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FREDRICKSBURG...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN KERR AND KENDALL COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WEST OF THE WACO AND TEMPLE AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE NATIONA WEATHER SERVICE IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Mills | 56 min |
| May 27, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 60 min |
| May 27, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lampasas | 32 min |
| May 27, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 51 min |
| May 28, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Travis, Williamson | 64 min |
| May 28, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lampasas | 50 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.