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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 5, 1998Kendall County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 2:52 PM CDT for Kendall County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 5, 1998, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 3:55 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kendall County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 3:15 PM CDTHail 2Sisterdale, TXHail broke out windows in buildings.
Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Kendalia, 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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2397 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

801 
WUUS1 KSAT 051953 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC259-052055-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
252 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENDALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 355 PM CDT


* AT 250 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST SOUTH
OF COMFORT... BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR... MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME CITIES AND LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
  SISTERDALE AT 305 PM CDT

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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala49 min
Jun 5, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco29 min
Jun 5, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal53 min
Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays65 min
Jun 5, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson62 min
Jun 5, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall64 min
Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco61 min
Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Guadalupe61 min
Jun 5, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXCaldwell64 min
Jun 5, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFayette, Gonzales58 min
Jun 5, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop64 min
Jun 5, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson67 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette3 hr
Jun 5, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette63 min

Nearby

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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.