Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 1998, 6:25 PM CST for Bastrop County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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 21, 1998, 6:25 PM CST (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 1998, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bastrop County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 2384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
839 WUUS1 KSAT 220033 RRA SVRSAT TXC021-220130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 625 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BASTROP COUNTY AT 624 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN BASTROP COUNTY NEAR CEDAR CREEK. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE CITYS OF UTLEY AND ELGIN WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. 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. 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
Local storm report, Jan 21, 3:26 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
326 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM LEXINGTON TX TORNADO
01/21/98 LEE FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
SHERIFF.
0230 PM PAIGE TX TORNADO
01/21/98 BASTROP FUNNEL CLOUD ON COUNTY
LINE. REPORTED BY
SHERIFF.
0230 PM LEXINGTON TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 LEE REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0245 PM PAIGE TX TORNADO
01/21/98 BASTROP FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF
PAIGE OVER LEE COUNTY.
0256 PM DIME BOX TX TORNADO
01/21/98 LEE TORNADO ON GROUND BETWEEN
DIME BOX AND HWY 77.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0309 PM DIME BOX TX TORNADO
01/21/98 LEE TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR
DIME BOX. REPORTED BY
CONSTABLE.Local storm report, Jan 21, 3:26 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
326 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM LEXINGTON TX TORNADO
01/21/98 LEE FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
SHERIFF.
0230 PM PAIGE TX TORNADO
01/21/98 BASTROP FUNNEL CLOUD ON COUNTY
LINE. REPORTED BY
SHERIFF.
0230 PM LEXINGTON TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 LEE REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0245 PM PAIGE TX TORNADO
01/21/98 BASTROP FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF
PAIGE OVER LEE COUNTY.
0256 PM DIME BOX TX TORNADO
01/21/98 LEE TORNADO ON GROUND BETWEEN
DIME BOX AND HWY 77.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0309 PM DIME BOX TX TORNADO
01/21/98 LEE TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR
DIME BOX. REPORTED BY
CONSTABLE.Special weather statement, Jan 21, 6:00 PM CST, 25 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998 THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...ARE MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS AT THIS TIME. THE STORMS ARE BEING TRIGGERED BY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT COLLIDING WITH ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE. WHEN THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...THE THREAT OF STORMS WILL END AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR REPLACES THE WARM HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE NOW. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE NEAR A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS WITH ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING AN INCH MAINLY TOWARD SOUTHEAST TEXAS. 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 21, 6:00 PM CST, 25 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998 THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...ARE MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS AT THIS TIME. THE STORMS ARE BEING TRIGGERED BY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT COLLIDING WITH ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE. WHEN THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...THE THREAT OF STORMS WILL END AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR REPLACES THE WARM HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE NOW. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE NEAR A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS WITH ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING AN INCH MAINLY TOWARD SOUTHEAST TEXAS. 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.
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.