Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1988, 7:39 PM CDT for Gillespie County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
- Jun 2, 1988, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1988, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gillespie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Gillespie, TX | |
| Jun 2, 8:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Gillespie, 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 4251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
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, Jun 2, 2:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 200 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988 AT 2 PM... WEATHER RADAR AT AUSTIN SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA HAVE DECREASED DRAMATICALLY DURING THE PAST HOUR. AS A RESULT THE PORTION OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN CENTRAL TEXAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HOWEVER THAT PORTION OF THE WATCH IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM. LIGHT TO MODERATE THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUE FROM BRE NHAM TO SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... FROM WACO NORTH TO THE RED RIVER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. IN CENTRAL TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES MILLS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 445 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING...COMAL..EDWARDS..GUADALUPE..KENDALL..AND KERR COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST TEXAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT. THE WATCH IS WITHIN AN AREA 55 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST OF SAN ANGELO TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUSTIN. AT 440 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE CITY OF BRADY IN MCCULLOCH COUNTY...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN THE SAN ANTONIO WEATHER OFFICE WARNING AREA...WHICH INCLUDES THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES...THE THREAT OF RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXISTS OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. < PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPOACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED BY SOUTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES KEEPING @YOU INFORMED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST TEXAS THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF COMAL.. EDWARDS..GUADALUPE..KENDALL..AND KERR. AT 600 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING JUST SOUTH OF BRADY AND NORTHWEST OF LAMPASAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER AND WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING BETWEEN BLANCO AND MENARD. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OR DEVELOPING IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES CONTINUES THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMIAN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT THIS EVENING.
Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:50 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 650 PM CDT THU JUNE 1988 CHANNEL 6 T.V. IN TEMPLE RELAYED A REPORT FROM LOMETA...327/66 FM AUS. IN LAMPASAS COUNTY. THE OLD ROUND HOUSE TRAIN STATIO)N WAS DESTROYED. THE BUS SHED IS GONE AND MANY TREES UPROOTED. EYE WITNESS TO FUNNEL IN DOWNTOWN LOMETA BETWEEN 550 AND 610 PM. AUS/JVD.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:09 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 705 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST TEXAS THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF COMAL.. EDWARDS..GUADALUPE..KENDALL..AND KERR. AT 700 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR JOHNSON CITY...TO EAST OF MENARD TO LLANO. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OR DEVELOPING IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES CONTINUES THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMIAN ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMEUNTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kerr | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kendall | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Medina | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 69 min |
| Jun 3, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Jackson | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
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.