Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1997, 6:32 PM CDT for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1997, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Williamson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Andice, TX | Public reports high winds causing damage to outbuildings. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 062334 RRA SVRSAT TXC491-070030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 632 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT 632 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING WILLIAMSON COUNTY ALONG HWY 183 NEAR STATE HWY 138 ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF FLORENCE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE ANDICE AND FLORENCE AREAS BY 645 PM. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER TAKING PLACE...CALL YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY T$O 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, 34 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, 32 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, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 68 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.