Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1988, 5:29 PM CDT for Lampasas County, San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1988, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lampasas County, TX, San Saba 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, 5:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | San Saba, TX | |
| Jun 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lampasas, 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 2270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAUS 022230
TORAUS
TXC281-411-022300-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
529 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...WESTERN LAMPASAS...EASTERN SAN SABA
RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO TRACKING TOWARD THE
SOUTH SOUTHEAST... RIGHT ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER BETWEEN
SAN SABA AND LAMPASAS COUNTY.
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.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 2, 12:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1215 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988 WEATHER RADAR AT AUSTIN STILL SHOWS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG A LINE FROM LAKE BUCHANAN TO LAKE TRAVIS TO ELGIN AND NEAR GIDDINGS. MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF LAKE TRAVIS AND JUST WEST OF ELGIN AND STORMS CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AND A LITTLE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH TO A LINE ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER FROM THE HIGHLAND LAKES TO LAGRANGE BY 1245 PM THIS AFTERNOON PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD WATCH FOR POSSIBLE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1245 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT FOR GONZALES COUNTY...THUNDERSTORMS NOW JUST NORTH OF THE COUNTY MOVING SOUTH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 3 PM CDT. THE WATCH IS WITHIN AN AREA 60 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF AUSTIN TO 50 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF COLLEGE STATION. GONZALES COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 1245 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF GONZALES COUNTY...MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY AND SHIFTING SURFACE WINDS...MODERATE TO BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND HAIL MAY OCCUR AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTHWARD THIS EARLY AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF GONZALES COUNTY...AS WELL AS ADJACENT COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING 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, 1:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 100 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988 WEATHER RADAR AT AUSTIN STILL SHOWS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG A LINE FROM TO LAKE TRAVIS SOUTHEAST ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER TO LAGRANGE. MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LAGRANGE... NORTH OF SMITHVILLE... NEAR BASTROP AND LAKE TRAVIS. STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AND A LITTLE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH TO A LINE FROM SCHULENBURG TO LOCKHART TO DRIPPING SPRINGS BY 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD WATCH FOR POSSIBLE HAIL... LOCAL URBAN STREET FLOODING AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINSM IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 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, 40 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Milam, Williamson | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Mills | 67 min |
| Jun 2, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Milam | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lampasas, San Saba | 37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.