Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Sep 1, 1990, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)

Expired

Sep 1, 1990, 2:15 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Bexar County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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TXC029-011915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
129 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
          ...EASTERN BEXAR
 
AT 125 PM CDT HONDO RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN
BEXAR COUNTY WHICH WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WHTIH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...HAIL
3/4 INCH ORl MORE IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.
 
YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

In the hours before

TXZ054-011900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
101 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 1990

AT 1255 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EASTERN
VAL VERDE COUNTY AND WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO TO
LOMA ALTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS LAKE AMISTAD. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON
LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY
TO SHORE AND AWAY FROM THE WATER IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN...THUNDER IS HEARD
OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN EASTERN VAL VERDE C;OUNTY SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION AS WET AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY IN
THE SHOWERS...COULD PRESENT A DRIVING HAZARD.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.