Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 8:54 AM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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 10, 1998, 8:54 AM CDT (13:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1998, 9:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Uvalde County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 9:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Uvalde, TX | A severe downburst knocked over numerous large tree limbs. The wind also knocked out power lines in the Uvalde area. |
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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 2734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
100 WUUS1 KSAT 101353 RRA SVRSAT TXC463-101455- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 854 AM CDT WED JUN 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 955 AM CDT * AT 950 AM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED...BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR...IN SOUTHERN UVALDE COUNTY... MOVING NORTH AT 20 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, Jun 10, 5:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-102300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 540 AM CDT WED JUN 10 1998 AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER NORTHWESTERN MEXICO WAS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MEXICO THIS MORNING. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST TODAY SETTING OFF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS TEXAS. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING OVER THE UPPER RIO GRANDE AREA WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1/4 INCH WITH STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING NEAR 1 INCH. CAUTION IS ADVISED ON LAKE AMISTAD TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. 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 Af FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-102300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 540 AM CDT WED JUN 10 1998 AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER NORTHWESTERN MEXICO WAS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MEXICO THIS MORNING. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST TODAY SETTING OFF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS TEXAS. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING OVER THE UPPER RIO GRANDE AREA WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1/4 INCH WITH STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING NEAR 1 INCH. CAUTION IS ADVISED ON LAKE AMISTAD TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. 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 Af FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ.
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.