Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Apr 4, 1997, 5:11 PM CST (23:11 UTC)

Expired

Apr 4, 1997, 6:30 PM CST

In force

79 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bexar County, TX, Kendall County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

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SVRSAT
TXC029-259-050030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
511 PM CST FRI APR 4 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BEXAR COUNTY...KENDALL COUNTY
 
AT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING NEAR MICO ON MEDINA LAKE WAS MOVING INTO
NORTHWEST BEXAR COUNTY AND SOUTHERN KENDALL COUNTY BETWEEN HELOTES AND
BOERNE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WHICH LIKELY CONTAINS DAMAGING
WINDS...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL RATES OF 1
TO 2 INCHES ARE INDICATED WITH THIS STORM.
 
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 SEVERE WEATHER TAKING PLACE...CALL YOUR REPORT TO
THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

In the hours before

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-051200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1147 AM CST FRI APR 4 1997

...STORMY EARLY APRIL AFTERNOON OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AN INTENSE SPRING WEATHER SYSTEM TO THE WEST OF THE AREA WILL MOVE
EAST CAUSING MORE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.  AT 1147 AM...STORMS ARE RAPIDLY FORMING
WEST AND NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO...BEGINNING TO DEVELOP A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL MOVE EAST AND AFFECT SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON.  A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY TIL 1230 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS EARLY APRIL WEATHER
SYSTEM...CAUSING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN SOME AREAS IS POSSIBLE BY THE
TIME THE EVENT ENDS THIS EVENING.

AS THE WEATHER SYSTEMS SWEEPS EAST OF THE AREA...A MOSTLY SUNNY
DAY IS EXPECTED SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY A SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY
ON SUNDAY.

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-051200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1147 AM CST FRI APR 4 1997

...STORMY EARLY APRIL AFTERNOON OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AN INTENSE SPRING WEATHER SYSTEM TO THE WEST OF THE AREA WILL MOVE
EAST CAUSING MORE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.  AT 1147 AM...STORMS ARE RAPIDLY FORMING
WEST AND NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO...BEGINNING TO DEVELOP A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL MOVE EAST AND AFFECT SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON.  A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY TIL 1230 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS EARLY APRIL WEATHER
SYSTEM...CAUSING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN SOME AREAS IS POSSIBLE BY THE
TIME THE EVENT ENDS THIS EVENING.

AS THE WEATHER SYSTEMS SWEEPS EAS~T OF THE AREA...A MOSTLY SUNNY
DAY IS EXPECTED SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY A SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY
ON SUNDAY.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.