Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 11:32 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1998, 12:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 11:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Brackettville, TX | The Sheriff's Department in Kinney County reported trees and power li nes blown down by high winds. The wind gusts were estimated at well over 50 knots. |
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 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 2903 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1209 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 15.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 64 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.