Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT for Coke County, Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 1, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 1990, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coke County, TX, Runnels 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 5:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Coke, TX | |
| Sep 1, 5:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Coke, 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 012215 SVRSJT TXC081-399-012315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 515 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS ...NORTHEASTERN COKE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN RUNNELS COUNTY AT 512 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST RUNNELS COUNTY 12 MILES EAST OF THE OAK CREEK LAKE/BLACKWELL AREA. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR THE OAK CREEK LAKE/BLACKWELL AREA IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Sep 1, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-012245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 240 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 1990 AT 235 PM CDT ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO BROWN COUNTY. THE AREA OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CROSS PLAINS TO RISING STAR TO BROWNWOOD TO NEAR CAMP BOWIE. STRONG GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND VERY DANGEROUS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
TXZ017-029-034-018-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 335 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 1990 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR KIMBLE...MASON...MCCULLOCH... MENARD...AND SUTTON COUNTIES CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE MOVING ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS TEXAS. AT 320 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR COLORADO CITY TO NORTHEAST OF WINTERS TO NEAR FORT MCKAVETT TO ELDORADO. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE WEST AND SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO. A LONE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST CROCKETT COUNTY NORTHEAST OF SHEFFIELD...ALSO MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON THE EDGES OF THE CONCHO VALLEY ...EAST OF WINTERS...NORTH OF BRADY AND EAST OF MASON. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW PLACES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. AT 248 PM THE WIND GUSTED TO 44 MPH AT MATHIS FIELD IN SAN ANGELO. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON WEATHER CONDIDTIONS IN THEIR AREA AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING, WEATHER APPROACHES. KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-012340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 340 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 1990 AT 330 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF CALLAHAN AND COLEMAN COUNTIES. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM BAIRD AND PUTNAM SOUTHWARD TO COLEMAN...SANTA ANNA TO JUST NORTH OF BRADY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND OCCASIONAL SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 4:29 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-012215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 425 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 1990 AT 425 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTROMS WERE OCCURRING FROM BROWNWOOD TO HUBBARD CREEK RESERVOIR. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. STRONGEST STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM LAKE BROWNWOOD TO NEAR CISCO. STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND OCCASIONAL SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS. OTHEIR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN WESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 4:37 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
TXZ017-029-034-018-012245-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
437 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 1990
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR KIMBLE...MASON...MENARD...MCCULLOCH
...AND SUTTON COUNTIES CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.
AT 415 PM SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED AERAS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRADY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR BARNHART AND
NEAR MENARD. SHOWERS WERE SOUTHEAST OF STERLING CITY TO MERTZON TO
ELDORADO AND SOUTH OF MASON. MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND DA{NGEROUS LIGHTNING.
KEEP LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.Special weather statement, Sep 1, 5:08 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-092320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 505 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 1990 AT 505 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM SOUTH BEND TO BROWNWOOD TO NEAR SWEETWATER. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. STRONGEST STORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND OCCASIONAL SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.