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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1999, 11:34 PM CDT for Karnes County, Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 86 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
- May 17, 1999, 11:34 PM CDT (04:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1999, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Karnes County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 12:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Karnes City, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 17, 9:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 58 min |
| May 17, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 36 min |
| May 17, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 59 min |
| May 17, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 32 min |
| May 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie | 61 min |
| May 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 63 min |
| May 17, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 17 min |
| May 17, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 79 min |
| May 17, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 79 min |
| May 17, 10:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 101 min |
| May 17, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 54 min |
| May 17, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 64 min |
| May 17, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca | 86 min |
| May 17, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 66 min |
| May 17, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 54 min |
| May 18, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 60 min |
| May 18, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 64 min |
| May 18, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick, Zavala | 64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.