Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1997, 7:46 PM CDT for Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1997, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1997, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maverick County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1526 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 060047 SVRSAT TXC323-060145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 746 PM CDT THU JUN 5 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MAVERICK COUNTY AT 745 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF EAGLE PASS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH A 10 MPH. 1/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING 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.
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
Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
327 PM CDT THU JUN 05 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0305 PM TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 EDWARDS REPORTED AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 277 &
55 (28NW ROCKSPRINGS)Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
327 PM CDT THU JUN 05 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0305 PM TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 EDWARDS REPORTED AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 277 &
55 (28NW ROCKSPRINGS)Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
342 PM CDT THU JUN 05 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0305 PM TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 EDWARDS REPORTED AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 277 &
55 (28NW ROCKSPRINGS)
0325 PM TX .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 REAL REPORT RELAYED TO REAL
SHERIFF FROM 4N OF LEAKYLocal storm report, Jun 5, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
342 PM CDT THU JUN 05 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0305 PM TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 EDWARDS REPORTED AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 277 &
55 (28NW ROCKSPRINGS)4
0325 PM TX .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 REAL REPORT RELAYED TO REAL
SHERIFF FROM 4N OF LEAKYSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 5:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-061015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 513 PM CDT THU JUN 5 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDRY WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS BOUNDRY IN COMBINATION WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ARE THE KEY FACTORS IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE HILL COUNTRY HAVE PRODUCED QUARTER SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DUE TO WEAK STEERING WINDS ALOFT...THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL BE ERRATIC AT TIMES. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN STRENGTH A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF AFTERNOON HEATING. THIS WEATHER PATTERN IS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE LOCATION OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE LOCATION OF THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDRY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED 1 AND 2 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 5, 5:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-061015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 513 PM CDT THU JUN 5 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDRY WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS BOUNDRY IN COMBINATION WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ARE THE KEY FACTORS IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE HILL COUNTRY HAVE PRODUCED QUARTER SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DUE TO WEAK STEERING WINDS ALOFT...THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL BE ERRATIC AT TIMES. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN STRENGTH A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF AFTERNOON HEATING. THIS WEATHER PATTERN IS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE LOCATION OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE LOCATION OF THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDRY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED 1 AND 2 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 6, 9:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 68 min |
| Jun 6, 1:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 3:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Kendall | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Wilson | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 2 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.