Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1992, 12:52 AM CDT for Comal County, Texas. It was in force for 108 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1992, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1992, 2:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 108 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Comal County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 2310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 020554 FFWSAT TXC091-020800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1252 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...COMAL COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING WEST TO EAST ACROSS COMAL COUNTY AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. GROUND CONDITIONS ARE NEAR SATURATION AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING IS HIGH. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED- ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 1, 7:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ035-039-040-020230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 725 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR BANDERA...COMAL... GUADALUPE...GONZALES...KENDALL...KERR AND REAL COUNTIES. SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. AT THIS TIME...NO WEATHER OF CONSEQUENCE IS OCCURRING IN THE ABOVE- MENTIONED COUNTIES. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE INDICATED BY RADAR TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF AUSTIN AND TO THE WEST OF DEL RIO. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA THIS EVENING...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS FOR THE VERY LATEST IN WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. REMEMBER...BESIDES CONTAINING LQARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADVANCE WARNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ054-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1005 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 1000 PM CDT RIO GRANDE RANCH...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANDALE...REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH PEA SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. REMEMBER...CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 11:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ054-020620- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1125 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 1120 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jun 2, 12:29 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1215 AM CDT TUES JUN 02 1992
TIME COUNTY EVENT OF MON..JUN 01 1992.. P R E L I M I N A R Y
522PM LLANO PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL 1 MILE WEST OF LLANO
(LLANO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE)
525PM FAYETTE DIME SIZE HAIL W/HEAVY RAIN IN LA GRANGE
(FAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE)
651PM SAN SABA MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT BEND..SAN SABA/LAMPASAS CNTY LINE
SMALL HAIL WEST OF AND IN SAN SABA
(SAN SABA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE)
815PM WILLIAMSON RESERVE DEPUTY REPORTS POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD NW OF
LIBERTY HILL (WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE)
834PM WILLIAMSON TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 30 TO 40 SECONDS 7 MILES WEST
OF LIBERTY HILL..TORNADO MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST.
(PUBLIC REPORT VIA PHONE)
NOTE: AUS WSO RADAR INDICATED WELL DEVELOPED HOOK
IN THE AREA 758PM-845PM.
840PM WILLIAMSON FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
LEANDER (LEANDER FIRE CHIEF)
903PM WILLIAMSON DIME SIZE HAIL IN TAYLOR (HAM RADIO OPERATORS)
907PM WILLIAMSON FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR ROWE VALLEY (ALONG STATE
HWY 29 BETWEEN JONAH AND CIRCLEVILLE) HEADING
TOWARD TAYLOR (PUBLIC REPORT VIA PHONE)
NOTE: AUS WSO RADAR INDICATED HOOK ECHO IN AREA
910-922PM.
913PM WILLIAMSON 60MPH WIND GUSTS REPORTED IN TAYLOR (TAYLOR
POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA KVUE24 TELEVISION WEATHER OFC)
918PM TRAVIS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR AT LOYOLA AND ED
BLUESTEIN IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN (AUSTIN/TRAVIS CNTY
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER)
1027PM WILLIAMSON TWO STREETS REPORTED FLOODED IN TAYLOR (TAYLOR FI?RE
DEPARTMENT)
1134PM TRAVIS 3.51 INCHES OF RAIN 1030-1130PM IN FAR SOUTH
AUSTIN..SLAUGHTER CREEK ESTATES (ANIT2)
PJL/WH/RVL/JVD/TMKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | La Salle | 49 min |
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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.