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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1990, 12:19 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1990, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1990, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calhoun 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 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 2018 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 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 KVCT 221719 TORVCT TXC057-221745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1219 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAVACA BAY AT 1215 PM CDT THE COAST GUARD OFFICE IN PORT OCONNOR REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF PORT OCONNOR. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECCE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 22, 8:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038-039-041-221700- BULLETIN SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 830 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990 A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN EAGLE PASS AND SAN ANTONIO IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 25 MPH. THIS AREA LIKELY CONTAINS FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. EAGLE PASS RECEIVED NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING OF CREEKS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS...AS WELL AS STREETS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES IN URBAN AREAS... IS POSSIBLE THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS AND RESIDENTS IN THE HILL COUNTRY...EDWARDS PLATEAU AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. PERSONS IN AND AROUND BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD BE ON THE WATCH FOR HEAVY RAIN AND URBAN FLOODING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. PARENTS SHOULD KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOOD DRAINAGE DITCHES AND CREEKS. PERSONS CLOSE TO LOW-LYING FLOOD-PRONE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.
Special weather statement, May 22, 11:41 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
TXZ036-221800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1130 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF AUSTIN PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL... AT 1120 AM A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS BETWEEN VICTORIA...SAN ANTONIO TO JUST SOUTH OF AUSTIN. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF CALDWELL COUNTY AND THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF FAYETTE COUNTY. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS SOUTH OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND WILL MOVE OVER CALDWELL...FAYETTE AND BASTROP COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 22, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 min |
| May 22, 3:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 22, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 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.