Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1997, 7:33 AM CDT for Kerr County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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 16, 1997, 7:33 AM CDT (12:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1997, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Prade Ranch, TX | Widespread damage was reported to trees, with many trees blown down at Prade Ranch in the northern part of the county. |
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 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 3772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
056 WUUS1 KSAT 161235 RRA SVRSAT TXC265-385-161330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 733 AM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...KERR COUNTY...REAL COUNTY AT 730 AM NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGHWAY 83 AT THE REAL/KERR COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE KERR WILDLIFE REFUGE BETWEEN 745 AND 8 AM. HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 3 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-170000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 532 AM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM JUNCTION TO HONDO TO DEL RIO. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO BEEVILLE TO LAREDO. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAREDO TO SAN DIEGO TO JOURDANTON TO CUERO-HALLETTSVILLE TO GIDDINGS. IT INCLUDES THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO... DEL RIO... LAREDO...AND AUSTIN. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WEST TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AT BOTH THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH SCATTERED TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN COUNTIES. RAINS FROM PREVIOUS DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN MANY AREAS AND ADDITIONAL RUNOFF MAY PUSH RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS OUT OF BANKS. 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 16, 5:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-170000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 532 AM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM JUNCTION TO HONDO TO DEL RIO. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO BEEVILLE TO LAREDO. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAREDO TO SAN DIEGO TO JOURDANTON TO CUERO-HALLETTSVILLE TO GIDDINGS. IT INCLUDES THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO... DEL RIO... LAREDO...AND AUSTIN. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WEST TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AT BOTH THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH SCATTERED TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN COUNTIES. RAINS FROM PREVIOUS DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN MANY AREAS AND ADDITIONAL RUNOFF MAY PUSH RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS OUT OF BANKS. 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 15, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 69 min |
| Jun 16, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 68 min |
| Jun 16, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 6:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 2 hr |
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.