Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 1998, 6:46 PM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 1998, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1998, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Travis County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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.
754 WFUS1 KSAT 292347 RRA TORSAT TXC453-300045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 646 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 745 PM CDT * AT 642 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR BETWEEN JONESTOWN AND LAKE TRAVIS. A SECOND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED JUST WEST OF LAGO VISTA... BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR... MOVING WEST NEAR 5 TO 10 MPH. 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. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 6:00 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-301100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1998 THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TIL DARK. INSTABILITY ALOFT AND A THERMAL LOW PRODUCED FROM HIGH TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE COMBINED TO HELP PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TIL DARK WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING AND DOWNBURST WINDS..POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY THROUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY WITH A SIMILAR SCENARIO EXPECTED. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NORMALLY WILL BE UPDATED BY MEANS OF THE ZONE FORECAST...SHORT TERM FORECAST...WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ITSELF WILL BE UPDATED ONLY IF UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX OR TUNE TO THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: SOUTHWEST TEXAS FROM MIDLAND LBBSPSMAF...WWUS35 KMAF CONCHO VALLEY FROM SAN ANGELO LBBSPSSJT...WWUS35 KSJT NORTH TEXAS FROM FORT WORTH FTWSPSFTW...WWUS35 KFTW SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON SATSPSHOU...WWUS35 KHOU COASTAL BEND/ FROM CORPUS CHRISTI SATSPSCRP...WWUS35 KCRP RIO GRANDE PLAINS
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 6:00 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-301100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1998 THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TIL DARK. INSTABILITY ALOFT AND A THERMAL LOW PRODUCED FROM HIGH TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE COMBINED TO HELP PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TIL DARK WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING AND DOWNBURST WINDS..POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY THROUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY WITH A SIMILAR SCENARIO EXPECTED. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NORMALLY WILL BE UPDATED BY MEANS OF THE ZONE FORECAST...SHORT TERM FORECAST...WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ITSELF WILL BE UPDATED ONLY IF UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX OR TUNE TO THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: SOUTHWEST TEXAS FROM MIDLAND LBBSPSMAF...WWUS35 KMAF CONCHO VALLEY FROM SAN ANGELO LBBSPSSJT...WWUS35 KSJT NORTH TEXAS FROM FORT WORTH FTWSPSFTW...WWUS35 KFTW SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON SATSPSHOU...WWUS35 KHOU COASTAL BEND/ FROM CORPUS CHRISTI SATSPSCRP...WWUS35 KCRP RIO GRANDE PLAINS
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, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis | 61 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.