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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 27, 1999Hays County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1999, 8:55 PM CST for Hays County, Texas. It was in force for 85 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
Mar 27, 1999, 8:55 PM CST (02:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1999, 10:20 PM CST
In force
85 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hays County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 267 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 00:00Z on 1999-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1314 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 00:00Z on 1999-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
323 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
9.5

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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, Mar 27, 6:00 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-281200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
600 PM CST SAT MAR 27 1999

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT
WITH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG
WINDS.  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE WIDESPREAD.
2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY
MORNING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS GENERALLY ONE HALF INCH ARE LESS.

THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NORMALLY WILL BE UPDATED BY MEANS OF
THE ZONE FORECASTS, SHORT TERM FORECAST, WATCHES, WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES.  THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ITSELF WILL BE UPDATED
ONLY IF UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED
HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.

FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER THREATS IN AREAS SURROUNDING SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS, PLEASE REFER TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS FROM
NWS OFFICES IN MIDLAND, SAN ANGELO, FORT WORTH, HOUSTON/GALVESTON
AND CORPUS CHRISTI.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:00 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-281200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
600 PM CST SAT MAR 27 1999

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT
WITH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG
WINDS.  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE WIDESPREAD.
2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY
MORNING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS GENERALLY ONE HALF INCH ARE LESS.

THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NORMALLY WILL BE UPDATED BY MEANS OF
THE ZONE FORECASTS, SHORT TERM FORECAST, WATCHES, WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES.  THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ITSELF WILL BE UPDATED
ONLY IF UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED
HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.

FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER THREATS IN AREAS SURROUNDING SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS, PLEASE REFER TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS FROM
NWS OFFICES IN MIDLAND, SAN ANGELO, FORT WORTH, HOUSTON/GALVESTON
AND CORPUS CHRISTI.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 6:25 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXUvalde, Zavala60 min
Mar 27, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina65 min
Mar 27, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio65 min
Mar 27, 7:06 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXMedina59 min
Mar 27, 7:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar80 min
Mar 27, 7:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall80 min
Mar 27, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe, Wilson80 min
Mar 27, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes, Wilson85 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.