Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1992, 4:55 PM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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 14, 1992, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Cameron, TX | |
| May 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Cameron, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 2205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBRO 142155 SVRBRO TXC061-489-142245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 455 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTY...SOUTHERN WILLACY COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THE BAY WATERS OF THE LAGUNA MADRE AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS DETECTING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WILLACY AND NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTY. THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS OF HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WITH THIS STORM. LITTLE MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN DETECTED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES SO LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTE7CTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 14, 1:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ041>44-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 125 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH TEXAS... AT 125 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER SOUTH TEXAS BETWEEN KINGSVILLE AND RAYMONDVILLE AND EAST TO THE GULF COASTLINE. THE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAYMONDVILLE. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS4. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 69 min |
| May 14, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 69 min |
| May 14, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 61 min |
| May 14, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.