Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 10:50 AM CDT for Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 15, 1998, 10:50 AM CDT (15:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 11:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:55 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Stockdale, 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 nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
354 WUUS1 KSAT 151551 RRA SVRSAT TXC493-151620- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1050 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 1120 AM CDT * AT 1047 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORESVILLE OR 4 MILES NORTH OF STOCKDALE... WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR... MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... 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. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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 15, 5:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-152300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 500 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 103 DEGREES IN THE HILL COUNTRY...103 TO 105 IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...TO NEAR 110 AROUND DEL RIO. TO LESSEN THE EFFECTS OF EXTREME HEAT...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE SUN. DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS TO AVOID DEHYDRATION. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED...AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. WEAR A HAT AND USE SUNSCREEN TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF SUNBURN. THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...SICK...AND PERSONS WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS. PETS MAY NEED EXTRA CARE ALSO...WITH PLENTY OF COOL WATER AND A SHELTER FROM THE HEAT. 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 15, 5:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-152300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 500 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 103 DEGREES IN THE HILL COUNTRY...103 TO 105 IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...TO NEAR 110 AROUND DEL RIO. TO LESSEN THE EFFECTS OF EXTREME HEAT...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE SUN. DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS TO AVOID DEHYDRATION. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED...AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. WEAR A HAT AND USE SUNSCREEN TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF SUNBURN. THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...SICK...AND PERSONS WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS. PETS MAY NEED EXTRA CARE ALSO...WITH PLENTY OF COOL WATER AND A SHELTER FROM THE HEAT. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 61 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.