Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1997, 6:48 PM CDT for DeWitt 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 17, 1997, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1997, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County DeWitt County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:35 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Cuero, 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2899 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
128 WUUS1 KSAT 172350 RRA SVRSAT TXC123-180045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 648 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...DE WITT COUNTY AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF WEESATCHE IN GOLIAD COUNTY MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER DE WITT COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR...CAUSING STRONG WIND...HAIL AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. 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 17, 1:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ193-194-207>209-223>225-171945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 149 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BASTROP.. CALDWELL..FAYETTE..GONZALES..GUADALUPE..AND LEE COUNTIES... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... THE SEVERE WEATHER THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES OF TEXAS EAST OF THE I35 CORRIDOR HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WITH EXCEPTION OF DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ193-194-207>209-223>225-171945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 149 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BASTROP.. CALDWELL..FAYETTE..GONZALES..GUADALUPE..AND LEE COUNTIES... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... THE SEVERE WEATHER THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES OF TEXAS EAST OF THE I35 CORRIDOR HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WITH EXCEPTION OF DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL <REMAIN IN EFFECT AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
203 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 AM AUSTIN TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/17/97 TRAVIS 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED ALONG
I35 A MILE NORTHWEST OF
MUELLER AIRPORT
1000 AM BATEMAN TX 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/17/97 BASTROP PING PONG SIZE HAIL
REPORTED NEAR BATEMANSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-181000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 535 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997 A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...MAVERICK...ZAVALA...DIMMIT...FRIO...ATASCOSA...WILSON... KARNES...AND LAVACA COUNTY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THESE COUNTIES TONIGHT...WITH RAIN AMOUNTS AVERAGING ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF INCH AND ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 1 INCH POSSIBLE. FOR THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...FAIR SKIES WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT WITH NO RAIN. THIS INCLUDES AUSTIN... SAN MARCOS...NEW BRAUNFLES...SAN ANTONIO...HONDO...UVALDE...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...BANDERA...BOERNE...COMFORT...KERRVILLE... FREDRICKSBURG...JOHNSON CITY...LLANO...BURNET...AND GEORGETOWN. 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 17, 5:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-181000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 535 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997 A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...MAVERICK...ZAVALA...DIMMIT...FRIO...ATASCOSA...WILSON... KARNES...AND LAVACA COUNTY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THESE COUNTIES TONIGHT...WITH RAIN AMOUNTS AVERAGING ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF INCH AND ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 1 INCH POSSIBLE. FOR THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...FAIR SKIES WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT WITH NO RAIN. THIS INCLUDES AUSTIN... SAN MARCOS...NEW BRAUNFLES...SAN ANTONIO...HONDO...UVALDE...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...BANDERA...BOERNE...COMFORT...KERRVILLE... FREDRICKSBURG...JOHNSON CITY...LLANO...BURNET...AND GEORGETOWN. 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 DEBVELOPS 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 17, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 5:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.