Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1997, 6:07 PM CDT for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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
- Jul 6, 1997, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1997, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burnet County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Briggs, TX | Observer reports wind gusts in excess of 52 knots. |
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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 1513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 062308 RRA SVRSAT TXC053-070015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 607 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BURNET COUNTY AT 606 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ALONG HWY 183 ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRIGGS IN NORTHEAST BURNET COUNTY MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT 1 INCH HAIL AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. 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, Jul 6, 5:58 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 1997 HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM JUNCTION TO SAN ANTONIO TO KARNES CITY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BURNET TO SAN MARCOS TO SCHULENBURG. A STATIONARY FRONT AND NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LAY ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS. THESE IN COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THEY WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED THIS EVENING AND ISOLATED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL AVERAGE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH WITH ISOLATED ONE 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 UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:00 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 1997 HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM JUNCTION TO SAN ANTONIO TO KARNES CITY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BURNET TO SAN MARCOS TO SCHULENBURG. A STATIONARY FRONT AND NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LAY ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS. THESE IN COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THEY WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED THIS EVENING AND ISOLATED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL AVERAGE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH WITH ISOLATED ONE 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 58 min |
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.