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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 14, 1998Burnet County, Travis County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1998, 2:24 PM CDT for Burnet County, Travis 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
Jul 14, 1998, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1998, 3:25 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burnet County, TX, Travis County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 2:45 PM CDTHail 1Bertram, 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 261 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2970 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2970 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

303 
WUUS1 KSAT 141925 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC053-453-142025-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
224 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BURNET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 325 PM CDT


* AT 220 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 8 MILES EAST
  OF MARBLE FALLS... BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR... MOVING
  SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

* SOME CITIES AND LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
  LAKE TRAVIS
  SPICEWOOD

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop61 min
Jul 14, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette61 min
Jul 14, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell64 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.