Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1990, 3:37 PM CST for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 1990, 3:37 PM CST (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1990, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harris County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:50 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Harris, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 472 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 29, 10:53 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ047-049-037-291900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1051 AM CST THU MAR 29 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... A TORNADDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING...WASHINGTON...AUSTIN... COLORADO...WHARTON...MATAGORDA COUNTIES AND THE COASTAL WATERS OFF MATAGORDA COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AUSTIN...SAN ANTONIO AREA TO WEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS THAY MOVE NORTHEAST AND COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPAIRED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATING WEATHER BE SIGHTED OR SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 1:59 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ047-049-037-292100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 157 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MATAGORDA COUNTY AND THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR AUSTIN...WASHINGTON...COLORADO...WHARTON... AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES OF TEXAS AND THE COASTAL WATERS OFF MATAGORDA COUNTY... AT 145 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN MATAGORDA BAY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST A 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL EFFECT PALACIOS AND COLLEGEPORT OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THIS IS PART OF A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM WEST OF EAGLE LAKE ACROSWESTERN WARTON AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES INTO THE GULF SOUTH OF PALACIOS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THAY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHE6R RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 3:18 PM CST, 19 minutes before
TXZ047-049-037-032-046-045-292315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 316 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...AUSTIN...BRAZOS...HOUSTON...TRINITY ...WHARTON...BRAZORIA...GRIMES...MONTGOMERY...LIBERTY...FORT BEND...HARRIS...WALKER...MATAGORDA...AND WALLER. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WASHINGTON AND COLORADO EXPIRED AT 300PM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA. RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SURFSIDE NORTH THROUGH THE RICHMOND/ROSENBERG AREA NEAR BELLVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...FUNNEL CLOUDS...A POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THE LINE OF THUNDETSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SLOWLY AND SOME AREAS MAY HAVE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG SMALL STREAM AND IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS . EVERONE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED STAY TUNED TO YOUR RADIO...TELEVISION...OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 10:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Polk | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 105 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.