Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1998, 6:31 AM CST for Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Feb 10, 1998, 6:31 AM CST (12:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1998, 7:30 AM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Zavala County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 6:40 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | La Pryor, 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 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
961 WUUS1 KSAT 101236 RRA SVRSAT TXC507-101330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 631 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...ZAVALA COUNTY AT 635 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LA PRYOR NOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL AND WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES... SOMETIMES BUILDINGS. VERY LARGE HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO OCCUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...FLOODING SMALL STREAMS...LOW AREAS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Feb 10, 2:37 AM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ184-186-185-183-101030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 237 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 AT 235 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NORTH OF DEL RIO EAST INTO EDWARDS COUNTY...PARTS OF REAL COUNTY AND WESTERN KERR COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ROCKSPRINGS AND DEL RIO IN THE PAST 15 MINUTES. BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WIND COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF VAL VERDE... EDWARDS...REAL AND WESTERN KERR COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. &
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 2:37 AM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ184-186-185-183-101030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 237 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 AT 235 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NORTH OF DEL RIO EAST INTO EDWARDS COUNTY...PARTS OF REAL COUNTY AND WESTERN KERR COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ROCKSPRINGS AND DEL RIO IN THE PAST 15 MINUTES. BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WIND COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF VAL VERDE... EDWARDS...REAL AND WESTERN KERR COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. &
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 5:18 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-110000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 518 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND TOWARD AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO THIS MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 10 AM. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR HALF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR ONE AND A HALF INCHES POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY THE AFTERNOON WITH CLEARING SKIES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. 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 CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AT: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ewx
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 5:42 AM CST, 49 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-101345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 542 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 10 AM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR REAL AND UVALDE COUNTIES... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF UVALDE COUNTY AND NORTHEAST OF REAL COUNTY. UVALDE AND REAL COUNTIES HAVE BEEN DROPPED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 10 AM. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH THE STORMS MOVING EAST OF THE AREA BY THE AFTERNOON WITH CLEARING SKIES. EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 62 min |
| Feb 10, 3:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 44 min |
| Feb 10, 3:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 55 min |
| Feb 10, 3:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 53 min |
| Feb 10, 4:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 33 min |
| Feb 10, 5:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 59 min |
| Feb 10, 5:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 62 min |
| Feb 10, 5:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 51 min |
| Feb 10, 5:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 67 min |
| Feb 10, 6:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 7:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 55 min |
| Feb 10, 7:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar | 75 min |
| Feb 10, 8:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 8:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Wilson | 46 min |
| Feb 10, 9:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 58 min |
| Feb 10, 9:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 9:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 66 min |
| Feb 10, 9:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 10:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 10:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 41 min |
| Feb 10, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 4:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 62 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.