Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 1998, 6:39 PM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- Aug 29, 1998, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1998, 7:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Travis County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Travis, TX | |
| Aug 29, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Lake Travis, 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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
- 402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
735 WFUS1 KSAT 292341 RRA TORSAT TXC453-300040- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 639 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 740 PM CDT * AT 638 PM CDT...SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN NORTH AUSTIN...MOVING WEST AROUND 10 MPH. * SOME CITIES AND LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... WEST LAKE HILLS BY 645 PM CDT... ROLLINGWOOD BY 650 PM CDT... 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 CAUGHT 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 43 min |
| Aug 29, 5:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 94 min |
| Aug 29, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis | 59 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.