Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1988, 3:47 PM CST for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 1988, 3:47 PM CST (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1988, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Webb 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
Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 1317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 262147
SVRSAT
TXC479-262230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
347 PM CST SAT MAR 26 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...WEBB
AT 345 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF LAREDO...DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE
WEST. THIS THUNDERSTORM IMMEDIATELY THREATENS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY
OF LAREDO.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...HAIL
3/4 INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.
YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.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, Mar 26, 2:55 PM CST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 255 PM CST SAT MAR 26 1988 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN WEBB COUNTY... AT 250 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN HONDO AND CORPUS CHRISTI... TEXAS SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM IN WEBB COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF LAREDO NEAR MIRANDO CITY AND OILTON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF PERIODS HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED AT THIS TIME. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS STORM AND ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS IN THE EVENT THAT SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 3:28 PM CST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 325 PM CST SAT MAR 26 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES IN WEBB COUNTY... AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS PERSISTED IN SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY OVER THE PAST HOUR. DURING THIS TIME...THE THUNDERSTORM HAS BEGUN A SLOW MOVEMENT TO THE WEST...OR TOWARD THE CITY OF LAREDO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HONDO...IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES... HAS SHOWN INDICATIONS THAT THIS STORM MAY BE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF LAREDO...SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THIS THREAT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. ADDITIONALLY...THE STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS STORM AND ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS IN THE EVENT THAT SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.
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.