Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1998, 5:33 AM CST for Victoria 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
- Feb 16, 1998, 5:33 AM CST (11:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1998, 6:30 AM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 5:50 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Victoria, TX | Sheriff report of dime sized hail. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 5:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 51 min |
| Feb 16, 6:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 6:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 52 min |
| Feb 16, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 26 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.