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Tornado Warning 1, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 1, 1990, 4:11 PM CDT for Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 1990, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 1990, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Runnels 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 012113 TORSJT TXC399-012200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 411 PM CDT SUN APR 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN RUNNELS COUNTY AT 410 PM CDT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WINTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINTERS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. PERSONS IN NORHTERN RUNNELS COUNTY SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE TO SHELTER. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH& OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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, Apr 1, 2:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 235 PM CDT SUN APR 1 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF THE BIG COUNTRY...TAYLOR...SCURRY... FISHER...MITCHELL...NOLAN... AT 230 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY WEST OF A LINE FROM ROTAN TO MERKEL TO WINTERS. HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING BETWEEN MARYNEAL AND BLACKWELL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH- NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSON ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ016-TXZ017-TXZ018-021945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 241 PM CDT SUN APR 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS A ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF THE CONCHO VALLEY ...CROCKETT...REAGAN...STERLING...COKE...CONCHO...RUNNELS...TOM GREEN...IRION...AND SCHLEICHER. AT 230 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN SOUTHWEST STERLING..AND NORTHEAST CROCKETT COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM7 WATCH MEANS THAT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF THREATENING COONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV..RADIO AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 3:50 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
TXZ016-017-029-034-018-012245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 348 PM CDT SUN APR 1 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 340 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN SCHLEICHER COUNTY NORTHWEST OF ELDORADO...EAST OF OZONA...AND IN NORTHERN IRION AND REAGAN COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIxO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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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.