Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1988, 7:25 PM CST for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 1988, 7:25 PM CST (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1988, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 4 hours 30 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, 3 hours 57 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.