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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1998, 5:07 PM CDT for Fayette County, Gonzales County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 5 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
- Jun 5, 1998, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 6:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:21 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Flatonia, TX | |
| Jun 5, 5:21 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Flatonia, TX | |
| Jun 5, 5:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Flatonia, TX | |
| Jun 5, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Engle, TX | |
| Jun 5, 5:40 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Schulenburg, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 2494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 052207 RRA TORSAT TXC149-177-052305- TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 507 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS GONZALES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 605 PM CDT * AT 5 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO BETWEEN CR 86 AND CR 304 MOVING TOWARD THE GONZALES/FAYETTE COUNTYLINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN CALDWELL COUNTY AND A TORNADO AROUND 445 PM. RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A TORNADO. ALSO...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN FAYETTE COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAGRANGE NEAR MULDOON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND RADAR INDICATED VERY LARGE HAIL. * SOME CITIES AND LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE... CISTERN... WAELDER... MULDOON... LAGRANGE... WEST POINT... PLUM... ENGLE... FLATONIA AND SCHULENBURG. 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 DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SAFETY IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. BE MINDFUL OF RISING WATERS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 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.