Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 9:14 PM CDT for Mills County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1990, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mills 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 320 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
- 2224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 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 KAUS 040216 SVRAUS TXC333-040315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 914 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MILLS COUNTY AT 90O PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST OF BROWNWOOD. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 15 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Jun 3, 7:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ040-040230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 730 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR GONZALES COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE WATCH EXTENDS WESTWARD TO GONZALES COUNTY. DURING THE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN NORTH TEXAS AND HAVE BE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE. IF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD...THEY COULD MOVE INTO THE GONZALES COUNTY AREA EAST OF SAN ANTONIO LATER THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE GONZALES COUNTY AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:05 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
TXZ030-040400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 900 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM FOR MILLS...SAN SABA...AND LAMPASAS COUNTIES. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 100 AM MONDAY FOR LEE...MILAM... BASTROP...FAYETTE...WILLIAMSON AND BURLESON COUNTIES... AT 840 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM SAN ANGELO TO STEPHENVILLE SOUTHEAST TO WACO ON TO NEAR BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR THE CITY OF BROWNWOOD AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF-BALL SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE AREA OF STORMS WILL ENTER MILLS COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR...PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE COVER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 66 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.