Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 1992, 9:53 AM CST for Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
- Apr 1, 1992, 9:53 AM CST (15:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 1992, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Live Oak County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 10:30 AM CST | Hail 1.75 | Live Oak, 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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, Apr 1, 9:40 AM CST, 13 minutes before
TXZ040-011540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 940 AM CST WED APR 1 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LIVE OAK COUNTY... AT 930 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF GEORGE WEST IN LIVE OAK COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS EMBEDDED IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND LIGHT RAIN FROM 25 MILES WEST OF FREER TO EAST OF VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSING DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BREIF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTMNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 9:43 AM CST, 10 minutes before
TXZ040-011640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME CODE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 940 AM CST WED APR 1 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LIVE OAK COUNTY... AT 930 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF GEORGE WEST IN LIVE OAK COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS EMBEDDED IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND LIGHT RAIN FROM 25 MILES WEST OF FREER TO EAST OF VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSING DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BREIF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 10:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 68 min |
| Apr 1, 10:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee | 49 min |
| Apr 1, 10:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 11:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Refugio, San Patricio | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.