Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1992, 7:18 AM CDT for San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1992, 7:18 AM CDT (12:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1992, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Patricio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 1974 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 021219 TORCRP TXC409-021245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 718 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SAN PATRICIO COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 715 AM...DPS REPORTED A TORNADO IN THE CITY OF PORT ARANSAS. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SAN PATRICIO COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OFR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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, Jun 2, 1:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ040-049-020800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 120 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992 ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR CALHOUN...DEWITT...GOLIAD...JACKSON...LAVACA...AND VICTORIA COUNTIES... AT 110 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM NEAR SAN ANTONIO TO COLLEGE STATION WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL INDICATED BETWEEN FLATONIA AND LA GRANGE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION THIS MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 03
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ040-049-020900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 200 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992 ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR CALHOUN...DEWITT...GOLIAD...JACKSON...LAVACA...AND VICTORIA COUNTIES... AT 155 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM NEAR SAN ANTONIO TO MOULTON TO COLLEGE STATION WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL INDICATED NEAR SAN ANTONIO...SHINER...COLUMBUS...AND BRENHAM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 03
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ040-049-021200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 510 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992 ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR CALHOUN...DEWITT...GOLIAD...JACKSON...LAVACA...AND VICTORIA COUNTIES... AT 505 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM SAN ANTONIO TO AUSTIN TO COLLEGE STATION TO HOUSTON TO MATHIS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD BEEN OCCURRING NEAR VICTORIA AND GANADO AND SOUTH OF EL CAMPO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN VICTORIA AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR[ RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 03
Local storm report, Jun 2, 7:07 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
700 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT...
6/2/92 0330 AM CDT...YOAKUM POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE
HAIL IN YOAKU%M.
03The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas | 23 min |
| Jun 2, 8:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
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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.