Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1992, 7:03 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
- May 28, 1992, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bee County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Bee, 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 3413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
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 28, 4:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ040-049-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 405 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR DEWITT...LAVACA...GOLIAD...CALHOUN...JACKSON AND VICTORIA COUNTIES... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 400 PM CDT VICTORIA WEATHER RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAN ANTONIO TO VICTORIA AND BAY CITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM GANADO TO ROSENBERG AND NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST NEAR 20 MPH. THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING EXISTS THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LOCATED IN CENTRAL TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO OUR AREA. THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WHICH EXISTS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDER- STORMS...SOME WHICH MAY BE SEVERE WITHB LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL COULD BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARINGS. 05
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ040-042-282345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 445 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FOR LIVE OAK...BEE...REFUGIO AND ARANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR BEE AND REFUGIO COUNTIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. AT 435 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO TO NORTH OF VICTORIA. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEE AND REFUGIO COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE THE RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND RIVERS...FLOODING LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. OVER FLATTER TERRAIN...THE RAINS MAY CAUSE PONDING WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW ROADWAYS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 66 min |
| May 28, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 60 min |
| May 28, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 60 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.