Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1999, 6:28 PM CDT for Dimmit County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- May 26, 1999, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1999, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dimmit County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.