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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 588

June 15, 199831 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 15, 1998, 4:00 PM CDT for 31 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1998, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Aransas County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bee County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Newton County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Polk County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

26 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee62 min
Jun 15, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes46 min
Jun 15, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery57 min
Jun 15, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells64 min
Jun 15, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris63 min
Jun 15, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces79 min
Jun 15, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad76 min
Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee61 min
Jun 15, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty, San Jacinto63 min
Jun 15, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio80 min
Jun 15, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler65 min
Jun 15, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPGoliad64 min
Jun 15, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery64 min
Jun 15, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca63 min
Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPVictoria61 min
Jun 15, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper61 min
Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells64 min
Jun 15, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Wharton64 min
Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces60 min
Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces70 min
Jun 15, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca61 min
Jun 15, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris63 min
Jun 15, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces60 min
Jun 15, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin66 min
Jun 15, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells43 min
Jun 15, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPVictoria49 min

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 701 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-484 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.