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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 13, 1998Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1998, 10:44 PM CDT for Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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 13, 1998, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1998, 11:50 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 10:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 51(Dlf)Laughlin Afb De, TX
Jun 13, 11:20 PM CDTThunderstorm WindBrackettville, TXDepartment of Public Safety personnel reported wind damage to trees and power lines with gusts 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 nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4796 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
4796 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
28.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 140345
SVRSAT
TXC271-465-140450-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1044 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  VAL VERDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1150 PM CDT


* AT AT 1035 CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR LAKE
  AMISTAD... BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR... MOVING DEL RIO.

* SOME CITIES AND LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
DEL RIO
BRAKETTVILLE

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 13, 6:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-141200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
600 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR SUNDAY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS OR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.

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 A
FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ.
(
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-141200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
600 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR SUNDAY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS OR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.

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 A
FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Val Verde66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.