Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1998, 7:15 PM CST for Gonzales County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 7, 1998, 7:15 PM CST (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1998, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gonzales County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Smiley, TX | Sheriff's deputies reported a small, short-lived tornado near Smiley in open country. It dissipated rapidly. |
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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 539 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 080115 RRA TORSAT TXC177-080200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 715 PM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...GONZALES COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPING NEAR LULING OF CALDWELL COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS ALSO PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AS IT MOVED SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. RESIDENTS IN OTTINE AND GONZALES SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 7:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 26 min |
| Mar 7, 8:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina | 56 min |
| Mar 7, 9:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar | 37 min |
| Mar 7, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 9:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 34 min |
| Mar 7, 10:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca | 58 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.