Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1998, 4:13 PM CST for Bastrop County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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, 4:13 PM CST (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1998, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bastrop County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 4:33 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Bastrop, TX | |
| Feb 10, 4:40 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Bastrop, 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 264 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.
047 WUUS1 KSAT 102214 RRA SVRSAT TXC021-102315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 413 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BASTROP COUNTY AT 415 RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BASTROP MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CONTINUED WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM HAIL. PERSONS IN EASTERN BASTROP COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS. 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
Local storm report, Feb 10, 2:28 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
228 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 AM 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 TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GILLESPIE REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0458 AM TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GILLESPIE
0553 AM MEDINA TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 BANDERA REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0640 AM TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 ZAVALA
0702 AM DEVINE TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
NUMEROUS WINDOWS BROKEN.
0710 AM YANCEY TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0720 AM BIGFOOT TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 FRIO DESTROYED ONE HOME
DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHERS.
0745 AM DEVINE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0745 AM DEVINE TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA
0805 AM TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 BEXAR
0815 AM TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 ATASCOSA TREES DOWN IN NORTHERN
ATASCOSA COUNTY.
0821 AM LEMING TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 ATASCOSA COVERING GROUND.
0850 AM LA VERNIA TX TORNADO
02/10/98 WILSON WEST OF LA VERNIA
NEAR HWY 181
0925 AM SEGUIN TX TORNADO
02/10/98 GUADALUPE REPORTED BY DPS ON
HWY 123 NEAR WILSON COUNTY
LINE.
0925 AM CHEAPSIDE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 GONZALES NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
1000 AM CUERO TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 DEWITT BUILDING DESTROYED.
1020 AM PETERSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 DEWITT SEVERAL BUILDINGS DAMAGED
AND TREES DOWN.
1040 AM YOAKUM TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 LAVACA DAMAGE NEAR YOAKUM. TREES
DOWN, ROOFS DAMAGED,
SEVERAL CARPORTS
* DESTROYED.
1100 AM HALLETSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 LAVACA TREES DOWN, STRUCTURES
DAMAGED.Local storm report, Feb 10, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
230 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 AM 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 TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GILLESPIE REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0458 AM TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GILLESPIE
0553 AM MEDINA TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 BANDERA REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0640 AM TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 ZAVALA
0702 AM DEVINE TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
NUMEROUS WINDOWS BROKEN.
0710 AM YANCEY TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0720 AM BIGFOOT TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 FRIO DESTROYED ONE HOME
DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHERS.
0745 AM DEVINE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0745 AM DEVINE TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA
0805 AM TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 BEXAR
0815 AM TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 ATASCOSA TREES DOWN IN NORTHERN
ATASCOSA COUNTY.
0821 AM LEMING TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 ATASCOSA COVERING GROUND.
0850 AM LA VERNIA TX TORNADO
02/10/98 WILSON WEST OF LA VERNIA
NEAR HWY 181
0925 AM SEGUIN TX TORNADO
02/10/98 GUADALUPE REPORTED BY DPS ON
HWY 123 NEAR WILSON COUNTY
LINE.
0925 AM CHEAPSIDE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 GONZALES NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
1000 AM CUERO TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 DEWITT BUILDING DESTROYED.
1020 AM PETERSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 DEWITT SEVERAL BUILDINGS DAMAGED
AND TREES DOWN.
1040 AM YOAKUM TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 LAVACA DAMAGE NEAR YOAKUM. TREES
DOWN, ROOFS DAMAGED,
SEVERAL CARPORTS
DESTROYED.
1100 AM HALLETSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 LAVACA TREES DOWN, STRUCTURES
DAMAGED.Local storm report, Feb 10, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
230 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 AM 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 TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GILLESPIE REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0458 AM TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GILLESPIE
0553 AM MEDINA TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 BANDERA REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0640 AM TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 ZAVALA
0702 AM DEVINE TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
NUMEROUS WINDOWS BROKEN.
0710 AM YANCEY TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA REPORTED BY OBSERVER.
0720 AM BIGFOOT TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 FRIO DESTROYED ONE HOME
DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHERS.
0745 AM DEVINE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0745 AM DEVINE TX .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 MEDINA
0805 AM TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 BEXAR
0815 AM TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 ATASCOSA TREES DOWN IN NORTHERN
ATASCOSA COUNTY.
0821 AM LEMING TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 ATASCOSA COVERING GROUND.
0850 AM LA VERNIA TX TORNADO
02/10/98 WILSON WEST OF LA VERNIA
NEAR HWY 181
0925 AM SEGUIN TX TORNADO
02/10/98 GUADALUPE REPORTED BY DPS ON
HWY 123 NEAR WILSON COUNTY
LINE.
0925 AM CHEAPSIDE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 GONZALES NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
1000 AM CUERO TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 DEWITT BUILDING DESTROYED.
1020 AM PETERSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 DEWITT SEVERAL BUILDINGS DAMAGED
AND TREES DOWN.
1040 AM YOAKUM TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 LAVACA DAMAGE NEAR YOAKUM. TREES
DOWN, ROOFS DAMAGED,
SEVERAL CARPORTS
DESTROYED.
1100 AM HALLETSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98 LAVACA TREES DOWN, STRUCTURES
DAMAGED.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, 10:00 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 |
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.