Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1997, 12:58 AM CDT for Uvalde County, Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 15, 1997, 12:58 AM CDT (05:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1997, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Uvalde, TX | A severe thunderstorm downburst partially collapsed a dormitory roof at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde. Emergency personnel reported trees uprooted and branches scattered around the city after the thunderstorm ended. |
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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 4724 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 150558 RRA SVRSAT TXC463-507-150700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1258 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...UVALDE COUNTY...ZAVALA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH UVALDE COUNTY NEAR UVALE SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN ZAVALA COUNTY...BATESVILLE AND KNIPPA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EASTWARD AT NEAR 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES... SOMETIMES BUILDINGS. VERY LARGE HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE. 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 14, 7:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 700 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM... MENARD... KIMBLE... REAL... EDWARDS... VAL VERDE... THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MENARD... JUNCTION... LEAKEY... ROCKSPRINGS... DEL RIO. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE FROM WEST TEXAS WERE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM BLANCA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS... HAIL... HIGH WINDS... AND TORNADOES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP 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 UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 930 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM... MENARD... KIMBLE... REAL... EDWARDS... VAL VERDE... KINNEY... UVALDE... BANDERA... KERR... KENDALL... GILLESPIE... BLANCO... MASON,,, LLANO... BURNET... THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MENARD... JUNCTION... LEAKEY... ROCKSPRINGS... DEL RIO... BRACKETTVILLE... UVALDE... BANDERA... KERRVILLE... BOERNE... FREDERICKSBURG... JOHNSON CITY... MASON... LLANO... BURNET. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE FROM WEST TEXAS WERE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM BLANCA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS... HAIL... HIGH WINDS... AND TORNADOES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH AVERAGE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP 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 UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 930 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM... MENARD... KIMBLE... REAL... EDWARDS... VAL VERDE... KINNEY... UVALDE... BANDERA... KERR... KENDALL... GILLESPIE... BLANCO... MASON,,, LLANO... BURNET... THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MENARD... JUNCTION... LEAKEY... ROCKSPRINGS... DEL RIO... BRACKETTVILLE... UVALDE... BANDERA... KERRVILLE... BOERNE... FREDERICKSBURG... JOHNSON CITY... MASON... LLANO... BURNET. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE FROM WEST TEXAS WERE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM BLANCA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS... HAIL... HIGH WINDS... AND TORNADOES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH AVERAGE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP 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 UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 119 min |
| Jun 14, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 119 min |
| Jun 14, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 116 min |
| Jun 14, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Maverick, Real, Uvalde | 116 min |
| Jun 14, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 116 min |
| Jun 15, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 1:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 4:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 3 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.