Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 1990, 3:00 PM CST for Austin County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 1990, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1990, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Austin 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 1269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHOU 292106 TORHOU TXC015-292130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 300 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...AUSTIN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT OF AUSTIN REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ONE MILE WEST OF SEALY DAMAGING A HOME AND DESTROYING A SHED. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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, Mar 29, 10:53 AM CST, 4 hours 7 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 1 minute 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.
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, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 68 min |
| Mar 29, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 105 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.