Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1990, 4:09 AM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1990, 4:09 AM CDT (09:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1990, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 260910 SVRAUS TXC149-261000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 409 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 409 AM RADAR SHOWED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTROM JUST NORTH OF LA GRANGE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 15 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. 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 25, 10:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ034>044-054-260330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1015 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 .....EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS..... DUE TO THE EXTREMELY DRY AND UNSEASONABLY HOT WEATHER THIS MONTH... AN EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER EXISTS FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... EDWARDS PLATEAU...SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THE COASTAL BEND...THE BRUSH COUNTRY REGION OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. PERSONS OUTDOORS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO BURN UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. BRUSH AND RANGELAND ARE TINDER DRY FROM THE 100-DEGREE PLUS TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. GRASSES ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO SUDDEN FIRES. WITH THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY APPROACHING...PERSONS OUTDOORS SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL WITH DISCARDED CIGARETTES AND MATCHES. CAMPFIRES AND FIREWORKS SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE GRASS OR BRUSH IS HIGH AND DRY. ADDtITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED PERIODICALLY DURING THIS EPISODE BY LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ036-037-260700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1225 PM CDT MON JUN 265 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MILAM AND BURLESON COUNTIES... AT 1220 AM RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LARGE AREA OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY FROM MARLIN TO EAST OF CAMERON INTO THE BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORM COUULD PRODUCE VERY HEGAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN MILAM AND BURLESON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ036-037-260830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 140 PM CDT MON JUN 265 1990 AT 135 AM RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRANKLIN TO NORTH OF CALDWELL SOUTH TO GIDDINGS AND NEAR FAYETTE. MOVEMENT OF THE AREA IS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORM COUULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN LEE ND FAYETTE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THESE THUNDERSTOMS COULD MOVE INTO BATSTROP COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 49 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.