Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 1998, 11:39 PM CDT for Kinney County, Val Verde 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
- Oct 5, 1998, 11:39 PM CDT (04:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 1998, 12:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 12:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Laughlin Afb, 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 22.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
871 WUUS1 KSAT 060441 RRA SVRSAT TXC271-465-060540- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1139 PM CDT MON OCT 5 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 1240 AM CDT * AT 1135 PM CDT ... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE DEL RIO... MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST 10 MPH. WEATHER OBSERVERS AT LAUGHLIN AFB REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ALONG WITH ONE-QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT 1130 PM CDT. 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, Oct 5, 7:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ171-172-188-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 706 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 9PM CDT... AT 7 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SOUTH INTO THE AREA ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF INTENSIFYING AS THEY MOVE INTO VERY UNSTABLE AIR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN THE AREA AT THIS TIME. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR INCREASING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL OR CABLE TELEVISION STATIONS...RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS FOR UPDATES OR WARNINGS. REMEMBER BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TO SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 7:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ171-172-188-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 706 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 9PM CDT... AT 7 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SOUTH INTO THE AREA ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF INTENSIFYING AS THEY MOVE INTO VERY UNSTABLE AIR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN THE AREA AT THIS TIME. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR INCREASING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL OR CABLE TELEVISION STATIONS...RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS FOR UPDATES OR WARNINGS. REMEMBER BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TO SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 90 min |
| Oct 5, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 89 min |
| Oct 5, 10:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 6 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 92 min |
| Oct 6, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 2 hr |
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.