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Tornado Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1990, 4:51 PM CDT for Crockett County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1990, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crockett 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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 3515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.5
- Supercell composite
- 22.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 012153 TORSJT TXC105-012300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 451 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...NORTHWESTERN CROCKETT COUNTY AT 450 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF CROCKETT COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCAMEY. MOVEMENT WAS SLOW AND ERRATIC BUT GENERALLY TO THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 iSUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, Jun 1, 2:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ016-017-029-034-018-012015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 207 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 400 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MCCULLOCH COUNTY TODAY... AT 205 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR SHOWED NO SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE CONCHO VALLEY. THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO BUILD WEST OF THE CONCHO VALLEY SOUTH OF MIDLAND. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 230 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 10 OCLOCK THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EAST PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY AREA. AT 225 PM CDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MUNDAY TO SWENSON TO SNYDER. A LARGE STORM IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF STONEWALL COUNTY IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED FOR HAIL BY THE STONEWALL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING IS SIGHTED OR REPORTED. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
TXZ016-017-029-034-018-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 258 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 300 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST CONCHO VALLEY COUNTIES OF REAGAN...IRION...STERLING...COKE AND TOM GREEN... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR MCCULLOCH COUNTY... AT 255 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WEST OF THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CRANE COUNTY AND PECOS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-012330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PART OF THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 10 OCLOCK THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AT 325 PM CDT NUMEROUS LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OLNEY TO SEYMOUR TO ROCHESTER TO NEAR SNYDER. HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING IS SIGHTED OR REPORTED. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSS IBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:03 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
TXZ016-017-029-034-018-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 401 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE NORTHWEST CONCHO VALLEY... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT IN MCCULLOCH COUNTY... AT 355 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR CRANE ON THE CRANE/UPTON COUNTY LINE AND SOUTH OF GIRVIN IN NORTHEAST PECOS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST VERY SLOWLY AND ARE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION *STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:22 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-020015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 415 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 10 OCLOCK THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. AT 410 PM CDT NUMEROUS LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WEST OF SNYDER TO CLAIREMONT TO GUTHRIE TO NEAR SEYMOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR STREET AND ROAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE NORTH PORTION OF SCURRY COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF FLUVANNA AT 400 PM CDT. THIS AREA IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH... HOWEVER THE AREA OF STORMS IN SCURRY COUNTY HAD STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AND WARNING AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO TAqKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING IS SIGHTED OR REPORTED. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Reagan | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion, Sterling, Tom Green | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Tom Green | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 68 min |
| Jun 1, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Crockett | 64 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.