Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 5:46 PM CDT for Brazos County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
- Jun 5, 1998, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 6:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brazos County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Wellborn, TX | Hail along FM 2154. |
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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 257 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 CF AT 19Z WAS JUST SOUTH OF A JCT...GRK...TYR LN AND JUST NRTH OF CLL ATTM. RADAR LOOP WITH GRK SHOWS DVLPMNT OUT AHEAD AND BEHIND FNT AS CF IS SHALLOW WITH 85H FNT STILL WELL BACK OVR NRTH TX. WITH STRNG INSTABILITIES OVR FA...EXPECT THREAT OF ELEVATED ACTIVITY BEHIND FNT TO CONT OVR FA THRU TNGT AS WELL. EST TIMING OF SLW MVG CF ATTM IS CLL AREA ARND 21Z-23Z...IAH 23Z-02Z AND NEAR GLS BY ARND 06Z-09Z. ETA IS HINTING AT CF HANGING UP OVR COASTAL COUNTIES BUT APPEARS ENUF PUSH IS PRESENT TO GET IT OFF COAST BY AT LEAST 10Z SAT. THREAT OF SVR WX & LCLY HVY RAIN STILL EXSIST LATE AFTN-TNGT AS AFTN CF...AFTN HTG & WEAK S/WS IN UPR JET ALL TANGLE WITH A VERY MOIST & UNSTABLE SE TX AIRMASS. SUSPECT A 1-2 DEG CAP IS HOLDING LID ON THINGS ATTM...BUT WATCH OUT WHEN THIS GIVES WAY AS CF & OUTFLOWS PUSH INTO AREA. AS FOR RMNG FCST PERIODS...MDLS SHOW HIGH PRES BLDG IN WAKE OF FROPA WITH COOLER/DRIER AIR FILTERING IN ON SAT. PERSISTANT W-E ORIENTED ZONAL UPR JET THRU PERIOD WUD SUGGEST SLOW CLRG...IF ANY... BEHIND FROPA. THEREFORE...WILL BE SLW TO SCT INLAMND ZONES OUT ON SAT AND KEEP MC SKIES IN ALNG COAST TILL SAT NGT. PTLY CLDY AND COOLER ON TAP FOR SUN BUT RIDGE MVS EWD ALLOWING WNDS TO GO EAST ON SUN THEN BACK TO A HUMID SE FLOW BY TUES. LOOKING AT TMPS BEHIND FNT ENCOURAGES ME TO LEAN TWRD COOLER AVN NUMBERS ATTM. 39 PRELIMS... CLL E/E>B B/B 70/85 65/86 7100 IAH E/E>B B/B 72/86 68/86 821- GLS E/E B/B 77/86 74/86 8321
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>213-226-227-235-052035- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 340 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS EFFECTIVE FROM 4 PM CDT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. THIS DOES INCLUDE HOUSTON...MADISON... BRAZOS... GRIMES... WALKER... TRINITY...POLK...SAN JACINTO... MONTGOMERY... WALLER... AUSTIN... COLORADO...WHARTON...HARRIS...AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. A LATE SEASON COLD FRONT OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS MOVING SOUTHWARD. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS EARLY THIS EVENING AND PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL ENCOUNTER A VERY WARM... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THIS...COUPLED WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. ALSO...THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT IN SOME AREAS COULD PRODUCE AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>213-226-227-235-052035- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 340 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS EFFECTIVE FROM 4 PM CDT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. THIS DOES INCLUDE HOUSTON...MADISON... BRAZOS... GRIMES... WALKER... TRINITY...POLK...SAN JACINTO... MONTGOMERY... WALLER... AUSTIN... COLORADO...WHARTON...HARRIS...AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. A LATE SEASON COLD FRONT OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS MOVING SOUTHWARD. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS EARLY THIS EVENING AND PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL ENCOUNTER A VERY WARM... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THIS...COUPLED WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. ALSO...THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT IN SOME AREAS COULD PRODUCE AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>213-226-227-235-052035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 340 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS EFFECTIVE FROM 4 PM CDT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. THIS DOES INCLUDE HOUSTON...MADISON... BRAZOS... GRIMES... WALKER... TRINITY...POLK...SAN JACINTO... MONTGOMERY... WALLER... AUSTIN... COLORADO...WHARTON...HARRIS...AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. A LATE SEASON COLD FRONT OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS MOVING SOUTHWARD. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS EARLY THIS EVENING AND PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL ENCOUNTER A VERY WARM... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THIS...COUPLED WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. ALSO...THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT IN SOME AREAS COULD PRODUCE AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Washington | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Waller | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Colorado | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Waller | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.