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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 16, 1998Bandera County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1998, 2:07 PM CDT for Bandera County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1998, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1998, 2:55 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bandera County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 12:00Z on 1998-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2158 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 12:00Z on 1998-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
2158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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.

542 
WUUS1 KSAT 161908 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC019-161955-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
207 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 255 PM CDT


* AT 2:05 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED FROM
BANDERA TO PIPECREEK... BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR... 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.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.