Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:25 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Martindale, TX | |
| Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Lockhart, TX | |
| Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Lockhart, TX | |
| Jun 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Lockhart, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 63 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.