Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1998, 8:40 PM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 90 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
- Apr 26, 1998, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1998, 10:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Travis County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 799 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 270140 RRA TORSAT TXC453-270310- TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 840 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 1010 PM CDT * AT 835 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR BRIARCLIFF AND LAKEWAY... BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR... MOVING EAST- SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR- BEE CAVE AT 845 PM CDT AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREA SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM CDT ANY COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF TRAVIS COUNTY ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 71 THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT IF YOU ARE C AUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. BEWARE THE THREAT OF RISING WATER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 90 min |
| Apr 26, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 63 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.