Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1997, 8:56 PM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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 4, 1997, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1997, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bexar County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 9:10 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Leon Spgs, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 1022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
720 WUUS1 KSAT 050153 RRA SVRSAT TXC029-050245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 856 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY AT 854 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIR OAKS RANCH JUST EAST OF I-10. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO OCCUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...FLOODING SMALL STREAMS...LOW AREAS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER TAKING PLACE...CALL YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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 4, 5:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-051045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 551 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1997 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY OR EDWARDS PLATEAU TONIGHT OR THURSDAY. A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG A WIND SHIFT LINE THIS AFTERNOON FROM SAN ANTONIO TO NEW BRAUNFELS. THESE STORMS MOVED SOUTHWARD AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARDS THE COASTAL PLAINS THIS EVENING AND DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. THE SAME PATTERN IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE LOCATION OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE LOCATION OF WIND SHIFT LINES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE 1/4 INCH OR LESS IN WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED 1 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NORMALLY WILL BE UPDATED BY MEANS OF THE ZONE FORECASTS...SHORT TERM FORECAST...WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ITSELF WILL BE UPDATED ONLY IF UNFORECAST HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF FORECAST HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS EXPECTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-051045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 551 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1997 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY OR EDWARDS PLATEAU TONIGHT OR THURSDAY. A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG A WIND SHIFT LINE THIS AFTERNOON FROM SAN ANTONIO TO NEW BRAUNFELS. THESE STORMS MOVED SOUTHWARD AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARDS THE COASTAL PLAINS THIS EVENING AND DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. THE SAME PATTERN IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE LOCATION OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE LOCATION OF WIND SHIFT LINES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE 1/4 INCH OR LESS IN WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED 1 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NORMALLY WILL BE UPDATED BY MEANS OF THE ZONE FORECASTS...SHORT TERM FORECAST...WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ITSELF WILL BE UPDATED ONLY IF UNFORECAST HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF FORECAST HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS EXPECTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 68 min |
| Jun 5, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Uvalde | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.