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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS San Angelo, TX

August 13, 1998Menard County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1998, 4:55 PM CDT for Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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
Aug 13, 1998, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1998, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Menard County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 5:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindFt Mckavett, TXWinds estimated at 60 mph blew out several windows at Fort McKavett State Park.

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton51 min
Aug 13, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble32 min
Aug 13, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.