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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 26, 1990Victoria County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1990, 12:33 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1990, 12:33 PM CDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1990, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Victoria 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1155 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KVCT 261732
TORVCT
TXC469-261830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
1233 PM CDT THU APR 26 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...VICTORIA COUNTY
 
...VICTORIA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF VICTORIA...
 
AT 1225 PM CDT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A REPORT OF A FUNNEL
CLOUD IN VICTORIA  NEAR HANSELMAN ROAD AND LOOP 175. THE FUNNEL CLOUD
HAD BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde55 min
Apr 25, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney61 min
Apr 25, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney56 min
Apr 25, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKinney64 min
Apr 25, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde55 min
Apr 25, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney63 min
Apr 25, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKinney3 hr
Apr 26, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal60 min
Apr 26, 5:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Guadalupe42 min
Apr 26, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays66 min
Apr 26, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe30 min
Apr 26, 6:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMills2 hr
Apr 26, 9:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMills3 hr
Apr 26, 12:05 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVictoria25 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.