Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1998, 10:00 AM CST for Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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, 10:00 AM CST (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1998, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lavaca County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 10:40 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Yoakum, TX | |
| Feb 10, 11:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Halletsville, TX | Severe downbursts damaged roofs, awnings and carports of homes, and blew over trees. Two mobile homes were destroyed near Hallettsville by the wind. Wind gusts at the airport in Yoakum were measured at 73 kts. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
034 WUUS1 KSAT 101604 RRA SVRSAT TXC285-101700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1000 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...LAVACA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDESTORM IS MOVING ACROSS DEWITT COUNTY INTO LAVACA COUNTY AT 30 MPH. 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.
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, 5:18 AM CST, 4 hours 42 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, 4 hours 18 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.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:50 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ205-101445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 750 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 AT 755 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OUT OF MEDINA COUNTY INTO SOUTHWESTERN BEXAR COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN DEVINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT SOMERSET AND SOUTHERN SAN ANTONIO. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION...TAKE COVER NOW.
Local storm report, Feb 10, 9:19 AM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
919 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 AM GARLAND RANCH TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 KERR REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0405 AM KERRVILLE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 KERR REPORTED BY HAM.
0415 AM KERRVILLE TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 KERR REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0435 AM CHERRY MOUNTAIN TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GILLESPIE REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0458 AM ECKERT TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GILLESPIE
0553 AM MEDINA TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 BANDERA REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0640 AM LA PRYOR TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 ZAVALA
0725 AM YANCEY TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0745 AM DEVINE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA
0745 AM DEVINE TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA
0747 AM DEVINE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA
0805 AM LAKE BRAUNIG TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 BEXAR
0821 AM TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 ATASCOSA WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTION OF COUNTY.
0830 AM BIGFOOT TX TORNADO
02/10/98 FRIO TORNADO DESTROYED ONE HOME
DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHERS.Local storm report, Feb 10, 9:19 AM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
919 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 AM GARLAND RANCH TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 KERR REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0405 AM KERRVILLE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 KERR REPORTED BY HAM.
0415 AM KERRVILLE TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 KERR REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0435 AM CHERRY MOUNTAIN TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GILLESPIE REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0458 AM ECKERT TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GILLESPIE
0553 AM MEDINA TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 BANDERA REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0640 AM LA PRYOR TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 ZAVALA
0725 AM YANCEY TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0745 AM DEVINE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA
0745 AM DEVINE TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA
0747 AM DEVINE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA
0805 AM LAKE BRAUNIG TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 BEXAR
0821 AM TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 ATASCOSA WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTION OF COUNTY.
0830 AM BIGFOOT TX TORNADO
02/10/98 FRIO TORNADO DESTROYED ONE HOME
DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHERS.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, 6:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 59 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, 10:34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.