Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1990, 1:09 AM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1990, 1:09 AM CDT (06:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1990, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Travis 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 2060 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 040611 SVRAUS TXC453-040715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 109 AM CDT MON JUN 4 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TRAVIS COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF AUSTIN AND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AUSTIN AREA IS PRODUCINH STRONG WIND AND SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH TRAVIS COUBNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FORy YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. 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, Jun 3, 9:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ040-040430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 940 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR GONZALES COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE WATCH EXTENDS WESTWARD TO GONZALES COUNTY. EARLY THIS EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER. THE THUNDERSTORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AND COULD MOVE INTO THE GONZALES AREA EAST OF SAN ANTONIO LATER TONIGHT. 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.
Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1045 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 1990
TIME OF ...ADDITIONAL REPORTS...
OCCURRENCE COUNTY ...EVENT...JUNE 03 1990...
CDT
913 5PM MILLS GOLDTHWAITE OBSERVER...REPORTED 60-70 MPH WINDS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS.Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ040-040430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 1102 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR GONZALES COUNTY CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHg ISSUED EARLIER FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS WHICH INCLUDED GONZALES COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE REMAINS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DECREASED DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
TXZ030-040500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1100 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LEE...BASTROP...FAYETTE...MILAM... WILLIAMSON AND BURLESON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE RADAR AT 1100 PM SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS FROM SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO TO NORTH OF AUSTIN ON EAST AND SOUTH- EASTWARD TO COLLEGE STATION AND LUFKIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN ROCKDAvLE AND TEMPLE AND WEST OF LAKE BUCHANAN. HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:20 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
TXZ030-040600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1215 AM CDT MON JUN 04 1990 THE RADAR AT 1210 AM A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR BRADY AND MASON EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA INTO EAST TEXAS NEAR LUFKIN. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE AREA FROM JUST SOUTH OF AUSTIN TO NEAR LA GRANGE AND WERE MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 10 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR FREDERICKSBURGE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MARBLE FALLS AREA TO NEAR TEMPLE. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:26 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
TXZ035-036-039-040630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 1225 AM CDT MON JUN 4 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND MOVING SOUTH... AT 1220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FROM NORTH OF AUSTIN TO NEAR FREDRICKSBURG. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH AND EAST OF AUSTIN. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING COULD ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO KENDALL AND EAST KERR COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR...AND IF THEY CONTINUE TO HOLD TOGETHER...SHOULD BE IN BEXAR AND THE SAN ANTONIO METRO AREA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND REMAINED TUNED FOR LATER WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Mills | 61 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.