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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 3, 1990Mills County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2224 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis66 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.