Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1990, 10:17 PM CDT for Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1990, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1990, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tom Green 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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 KSJT 060317 SVRSJT TXC451-060415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1017 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...TOM GREEN COUNTY AT 1015 PM CDT ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED BY AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE IN WEST SAN ANGELO. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT IS PRODUCING THIS HAIL WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARbE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Apr 5, 4:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 4150PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT INTO 10PM CDT FOR STONEWALL...HASKELL.. THROCKMORTON...SCURRY...FISHER...JONES..AND SHACKELFORD COUNTTIES... AT 4150PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN EDGES OF STONEWALL AND HASKELL COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THROCKMORTON. THIS STORM HAS LIKELY PRODUCED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND INTENSE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN NORTHERN THROCKMORTON COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO ANY SUDDEN CHANGE IN OR NEAR THIS STORM. OTHER STORMS WERE BUILDING OVER SCURRY COUNTY AND WILL MOVING EAST TOWARDS SNYDER AND NORTHWEST FISHER COUNTY. ALL PERSONS IN SCURRY..FISHER AND STONEWALL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT TO RAPID WEATHER CHANGES THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. ANY TORNADOES THAT FORM COULD DO SO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. WATCH PFOR PERSISTENT OR INCREASING HAIL...INTENSE FREQUENT LIGHTNING.. OR SUDDEN WIND CHANGES. STORMS WILL BE MOVING FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 6:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ017-029-034-018-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 601 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY FROM 6 PM CDT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE CONCHO VALLEY COUNTIES ARE: COKE...CONCHO...MCCULLOCH...MASON...MENARD... RUNNELS...SCHLEICHER AND TOM GREEN. AT 545 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN THE CONCHO VALLEY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS... GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE CONCHO VALLEY THIS EVENING AND THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AS WELL DURING THE EVENING. REMEMBER THAT A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE CONCHO VALLEY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OPEN FOR THE APPROACH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER AND BE REA*DY TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED. KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 6:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ017-029-034-018-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 601 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY FROM 6 PM CDT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE CONCHO VALLEY COUNTIES ARE: COKE...CONCHO...MCCULLOCH...MASON...MENARD... RUNNELS...SCHLEICHER AND TOM GREEN. AT 545 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN THE CONCHO VALLEY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS... GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE CONCHO VALLEY THIS EVENING AND THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AS WELL DURING THE EVENING. REMEMBER THAT A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE CONCHO VALLEY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OPEN FOR THE APPROACH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER AND BE REA.DY TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED. KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 7:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ017-029-034-018-060115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 709 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHEAST CONCHO VALLEY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 705 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SMALL THUNDERSTORM IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF RUNNELS COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS THE SOUTHERN END OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED NORTHEAST ACROSS ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. NO OTHER PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN THE CONCHO VALLEY. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA IN THE CONCHO VALLEY SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE OPEN FOR SIGNS OF DANGEROUS WEATHER AND TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE SIGHuTED. KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 8:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
TXZ017-029-034-018-060230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 821 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST CONCHO VALLEY COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 810 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BETWEEN BRONTE AND WINTERS. MOVEMENT HAS BEEN TOWARD THE EAST AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN RUNNELS COUNTY TOWARDS WINTERS IN THE NEXT HOUR. NO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED IN THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE COLD FRONT IS NOW ENTERING THE NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY. AT 8 PM CDT THE FRONT HAD JUST SAGGED INTO NORTHERN RUNNELS AND COKE COUNTIES... ALONG A LINE FROM NORTH OF WINTERS TO NEAR BRONTE AND ROBERT LEE THEN NORTHWEST ACROSS NORTHERN STERLING COUNTY. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE ITS SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT DURING THE EVENING...FOLLOWED BY RAPID TEMPERATURE DROPS AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND. THE WINTERS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AT 815 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD WATCH FOR SIGNS OF THREATENING WEATHER AND GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS APPROACH. KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 9:45 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
TXZ017-029-034-018-060345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 945 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHEAST CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RUNNELS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 930 PM CDT. AT 935 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM NORTHEAST OF BALLINGER TO NEAR CARLSBAD TO NEAR BIG LAKE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MIDWAY BETWEEN MERTZON AND BARNHART. THE LINE HAD SLOWED ITS FORWARD MOVEMENT AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL. AT 920 PM CDT THE BALLINGER POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN BALLINGER. THE COLD FRONT WHICH IS PRECEDING THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH MATHIS FIELD IN SAN ANGELO ABOUT 930 PM CDT ACCOMPANIED BY A DROP IN TEMPERATURE...IBLOWING DUST AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PERSONS BETWEEN BIG LAKE AND BALLINGER SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE COVER IF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS APPROACH. KEEP LISTENING TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.