Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 1992, 9:15 PM CST for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 1992, 9:15 PM CST (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 1992, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hidalgo County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
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, Feb 3, 4:38 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ041>044-031850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 430 PM CST MON FEB 03 1992 ... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH TEXAS..INCLUDING THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY..FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ... AT 430 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO. THESE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ZAPATA...EAST TO BETWEEN CORPUS CHRISTI AND HARLINGEN....THEN CONTINUED EASTWARD OUT OVER GULF WATERS NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST FOR 145 MILES. WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER MEXICO FROM 90 TO 125 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 wMILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:39 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ041>044-031850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 430 PM CST MON FEB 03 1992 ... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH TEXAS..INCLUDING THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY..FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ... AT 430 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO. THESE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ZAPATA...EAST TO BETWEEN CORPUS CHRISTI AND HARLINGEN....THEN CONTINUED EASTWARD OUT OVER GULF WATERS NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST FOR 145 MILES. WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER MEXICO FROM 90 TO 125 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 tMILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 5:34 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ041>044-031850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 530 PM CST MON FEB 03 1992 ... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH TEXAS..INCLUDING THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY..FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ... AT 530 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND GULF WATERS. THESE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES EAST OF LAREDO...EASTWARD TO BETWEEN CORPUS CHRISTI...AND PORT MANSFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED EAST AND SOUTH OVER THE GULF TO 70 MILES EAST OF SAN FERNANDO MEXICO. WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER MEXICO FROM 90 TO 125 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE. MOaVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 6:43 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ041>044-031850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 630 PM CST MON FEB 03 1992 ... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH TEXAS..INCLUDING THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY..FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ... AT 630 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND GULF WATERS. THESE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM BAFFIN BAY TO ALICE...THEN EAST AND SOUTH OVER THE GULF TO 90 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OUT OVER GULF WATERS FOR 145 MILES. WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO FROM 70 TOj 125 MILES SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEST OF BROWNSVILLE...HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED OVER FALCON LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 7:47 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ041>044-0403O0- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 730 PM CST MON FEB 3 1992 ... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH TEXAS..INCLUDING THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY... THROUGH TONIGHT ... AT 730 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES EAST OF ZAPATA SOUTH THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE CITY AREA INTO MEXICO TO ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH... AND COULD REACH THE MISSION AREA BY 900 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE CUSTOMS AEROSTAT SITE NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITYV REPORTED GUSTS TO 37 MPH FROM ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER OVER SOUTH TEXAS IN THE FALFURRIAS TO CORPUS CHRISTI AREA AND OVER GULF WATERS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 9:03 PM CST, 12 minutes before
TXZ041>044-0404O0-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
830 PM CST MON FEB 3 1992
... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH TEXAS..INCLUDING THE LOWER
RIO GRANDE VALLEY... THROUGH TONIGHT ...
AT 830 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF FALFURRIAS SOUTH
TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDINBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF THE CURRENT MOVEMENT CONTINUES THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD SLIDE BY NORTH OF THE MISSION... MCALLEN EDINBURG
AREA. BUT THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD EASILY REDEVELOP TO THE SOUTH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE CUSTOMS AEROSTAT SITE NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY
REPORTED A TOTAL OF 1.30 INCHES OF RAIN... AND A RANCH JUST NORTHWEST OF
THE SITE REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS W{ERE OVER SOUTH TEXAS FROM THE RIO
GRANDE CITY... FALCON LAKE AREA NORTHEAST THROUGH THE BAFFIN BAY...
CORPUS CHRISTI AREA... OVER THE GULF WATERS... AND OVER MEXICO FROM
SOUTH OF MCALLEN WESTWARD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 10:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 67 min |
| Feb 4, 3:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Willacy | 28 min |
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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.