Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1998, 8:04 PM CDT for Bandera County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports 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
- May 25, 1998, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1998, 9:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bandera County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Bandera, TX | |
| May 25, 8:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 53 | Bandera, TX |
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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 3737 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
723 WUUS1 KSAT 260107 RRA SVRSAT TXC019-260210- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 804 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 910 PM CDT * AT 804 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NW OF MEDINA CLOSE TO THE COUNTY LINE... BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR... MOVING EAST NORTHEAST 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, May 25, 3:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 305 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998 THE TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE AND CONSERVATION COMISSION...TNRCC... HAS CONTINUED THE PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT FOR TEXAS...INCLUDING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... MAY 27. SMOKE AND HAZE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT FOR TEXAS CAN BE OBTAINED ON THE WEB AT THE TNRCC ALERT MESSAGE ADDRESS BELOW. TNRCC INTERNET ADDRESS: WWW.TNRCC.STATE.TX.US TNRCC ALERT MESSAGE: WWW.TNRCC.STATE.TX.US/EXEC/MEDIA/PRESS/ A TOLL FREE NUMBER...TNRCC TOLL-FREE NUMBER...1-800-687-4040...IS AVAILABLE FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX OR TUNE TO THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ.
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 305 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998 THE TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE AND CONSERVATION COMISSION...TNRCC... HAS CONTINUED THE PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT FOR TEXAS...INCLUDING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... MAY 27. SMOKE AND HAZE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT FOR TEXAS CAN BE OBTAINED ON THE WEB AT THE TNRCC ALERT MESSAGE ADDRESS BELOW. TNRCC INTERNET ADDRESS: WWW.TNRCC.STATE.TX.US TNRCC ALERT MESSAGE: WWW.TNRCC.STATE.TX.US/EXEC/MEDIA/PRESS/ A TOLL FREE NUMBER...TNRCC TOLL-FREE NUMBER...1-800-687-4040...IS AVAILABLE FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX OR TUNE TO THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ.
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 527 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND UPPER RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DISSIPATE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL. ON TUESDAY..THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL AVERAGE LESS THAN HALF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR ONE AND A HALF INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ON TUESDAY WILL AVERAGE LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. A PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TEXAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO SMOKE AND HAZE FROM MEXICAN FIRES. TNRCC INTERNET ADDRESS: WWW.TNRCC.STATE.TX.US TNRCC ALERT MESSAGE: WWW.TNRCC.STATE.TX.US/EXEC/MEDIA/PRESS/ TNRCC MEDIA RELATIONS: 512-239-5000 TNRCC TOLL-FREE NUMBER: 1-800-687-4040 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. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX OR TUNE TO THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ.
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 527 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND UPPER RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DISSIPATE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL. ON TUESDAY..THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL AVERAGE LESS THAN HALF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR ONE AND A HALF INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ON TUESDAY WILL AVERAGE LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. A PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TEXAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO SMOKE AND HAZE FROM MEXICAN FIRES. TNRCC INTERNET ADDRESS: WWW.TNRCC.STATE.TX.US TNRCC ALERT MESSAGE: WWW.TNRCC.STATE.TX.US/EXEC/MEDIA/PRESS/ TNRCC MEDIA RELATIONS: 512-239-5000 TNRCC TOLL-FREE NUMBER: 1-800-687-4040 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. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX OR TUNE TO THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 64 min |
| May 25, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.