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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 5, 1998Caldwell County, Guadalupe County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 4:14 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Guadalupe County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Caldwell County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 4:25 PM CDTHail 1Martindale, TX
Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDTHail 2.75Lockhart, TX
Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDTTornado F0Lockhart, TX
Jun 5, 5:00 PM CDTTornado F1Lockhart, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2494 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

356 
WUUS1 KSAT 052115 RRB
SVRSAT
TXC055-187-052215-

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

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CALDWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  GUADALUPE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT


* AT 410 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN ZORN AND SAN MARCOS... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND SMASHED WINDOWS IN
SISTERDALE.  NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FISCHER.

* SOME CITIES AND LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
  ZORN... FENTRESS... STAPLES... MAXWELL... MARTINDALE... PRARIE
LEA... LOCKHART AND LULING

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, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall63 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, 4:41 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

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.