Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 1998, 10:40 PM CST for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 1998, 10:40 PM CST (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 1998, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burnet County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
869 WUUS1 KSAT 060442 RRA SVRSAT TXC053-060530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1040 PM CST MON JAN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN BURNET COUNTY AT 1039 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF DOBYVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE ALONG AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 281. 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, Jan 5, 5:55 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 555 PM CST MON JAN 5 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING EAST OF LLANO... BURNET... SAN ANTONIO AND PLEASANTON. THIS INCLUDES AUSTIN AND AREAS EAST AND SOUTH TO HALLETTSVILLE AND KARNES CITY. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. NEW STORMS COULD DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTH TONIGHT ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ACROSS NORTH... CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS OVER THE WEEKEND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM STRONGEST STORMS COULD REACH 2 INCHES. WHERE STORMS MERGE OR REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION...3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN OR MORE IS POSSIBLE. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED TRAVELING THROUGH HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT PRODUCED 7 INCHES OF RAIN IN CENTRAL TEXAS CLOSING INTERSTATE 35 FOR SEVERAL HOURS NEAR TEMPLE. IN ADDITION...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING JUST NORTH OF THE HILL COUNTRY FROM BRADY EAST TO SAN SABA... TEMPLE AND INTO EAST TEXAS. THERES A CHANCE A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER LLANO...BURNET AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE... SOME PRODUCING FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT. 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, Jan 5, 5:55 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 555 PM CST MON JAN 5 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING EAST OF LLANO... BURNET... SAN ANTONIO AND PLEASANTON. THIS INCLUDES AUSTIN AND AREAS EAST AND SOUTH TO HALLETTSVILLE AND KARNES CITY. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. NEW STORMS COULD DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTH TONIGHT ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ACROSS NORTH... CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS OVER THE WEEKEND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM STRONGEST STORMS COULD REACH 2 INCHES. WHERE STORMS MERGE OR REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION...3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN OR MORE IS POSSIBLE. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED TRAVELING THROUGH HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT PRODUCED 7 INCHES OF RAIN IN CENTRAL TEXAS CLOSING INTERSTATE 35 FOR SEVERAL HOURS NEAR TEMPLE. IN ADDITION...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING JUST NORTH OF THE HILL COUNTRY FROM BRADY EAST TO SAN SABA... TEMPLE AND INTO EAST TEXAS. THERES A CHANCE A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER LLANO...BURNET AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE... SOME PRODUCING FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 6:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr | 5 hr |
| Jan 6, 8:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Llano | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 8:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 60 min |
| Jan 6, 9:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 68 min |
| Jan 6, 11:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 43 min |
| Jan 6, 11:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 69 min |
| Jan 6, 11:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 69 min |
| Jan 6, 12:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 2 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 59 min |
| Jan 6, 2:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 2 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 118 min |
| Jan 6, 4:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.