Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1992, 1:46 PM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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 31, 1992, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1992, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nueces County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Nueces, 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 311847 TORCRP TXC355-311945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 146 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NUECES COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 143 PM CDT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CORPUS CHRISTI REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR VIOLET AND CORN PRODUCTS ROADS. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. MOVEMETN WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 31, 8:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ040-049-311530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 838 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING OVER SOUTH TEXAS... AT 835 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN MEDINA COUNTY TO NEAR HALLETTSVILLE. ALSO FROM GEORGE WEST TO CORPUS CHRISTI EASTWARD INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO FOR 100 MILES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR NATALIA IN ATASCOSA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ALONG WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND FLOODINGJ OF LOW LYING AND LOW WATER CROSSING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 01
Special weather statement, May 31, 10:46 AM CDT, 3 hours before
TXZ040-049-311730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1045 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUE OVER SOUTH TEXAS... AT 1040 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLORESVILLE...CUERO...COLLEGE TO MATAGORDA AND EXTENDS INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO FOR 125 MILES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROMLA WARD...PORT LAVACA AND EAST OF REFUGIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ALONG WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND LOW WATER CROSSING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 01
Special weather statement, May 31, 10:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ040-049-311730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1045 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH TEXAS... AT 1040 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLORESVILLE...CUERO...COLLEGE TO MATAGORDA AND EXTENDS INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO FOR 125 MILES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROMLA WARD...PORT LAVACA AND EAST OF REFUGIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ALONG WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND LOW WATER CROSSING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 01
Special weather statement, May 31, 10:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ040-049-311730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1045 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH TEXAS... AT 1040 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLORESVILLE...CUERO...COLLEGE STATION TO MATAGORDA AND EXTENDS INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO FOR 125 MILES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM LA WARD...PORT LAVACA AND EAST OF REFUGIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ALONG WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND FLOODINMG OF LOW LYING AND LOW WATER CROSSING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 01
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
TXZ040-049-311940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1240 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...RAIN...RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH TEXAS... AT 1235 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SAN ANTONIO...AUSTIN...COLLEGE STATION ...HOUSTON...CORPUS CHRISTI...REALITOS BACK TO SAN ANTONIO. THESE SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ALONG WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND LOW WATER CROSSING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 01
Special weather statement, May 31, 1:32 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
TXZ040>042-311930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 130 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COASTAL BEND... AT 125 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM VICTORIA TO CORPUS CHRISTI TO BROWNSVILLE EXTENDING WEST TO FREER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NUECES...JIM WELLS AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE COASTAL BEND...EXCEPT THE USUAL PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROAD SURFACES AND FARM FIELDS. TOTALS THROUGH 1 PM CDT ARE AS FOLLOWS...CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1.39 INCHES...NAVAL STATION CORPUS CHRISTI 0.71 OF AN INCH...NAVAL STATION BEEVILLE 1.39 INCHES...ALICE 1.50 INCHES AND NAVAL STATION KINGSVILLE 0.17 OF AN INCH. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION FOR AREAS OF STANDING WATER AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN. MARINERS ON INLAND B"AYS...WATERWAYS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. 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 31, 2:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas | 3 hr |
| May 31, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio, San Patricio | 2 hr |
| May 31, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 4 hr |
| May 31, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
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.