Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1992, 6:50 PM CDT for Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Goliad County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:05 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Goliad, 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, 11.8 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
- 952 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 282351 SVRVCT TXC175-290045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 650 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...GOLIAD COUNTY AT 648 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN GOLIAD COUNTY NEAR BERCLAIR AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLIAD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SLOW DOWN IN MOVEMEMT AND ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY...YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
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, 2:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ035-282115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 215 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992 AT 210 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HONDO...TEXAS SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN KENDALL COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL ARE POSSIBLE OVER KENDALL COUNTY FROM THIS STORM IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TXZ035-038>040-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 545 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KARNES COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR PERSONS IN KARNES COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS NOTED OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY HAS MOVED AWAY...BUT REMAINS QUITE STRONG. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY...SOME OF WHICH HAVE REPORTEDLY PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL. A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN COMBINATION WITH AN UPPER-AIR DISTURBANCE WERE TRIGGERING THE ADVERSE WEATHER. THIS FRONT AND THE UPPER DISTURBANCE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THEIR TREK TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DIMINISHING OVER THE AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 115 min |
| May 27, 7:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 2 hr |
| May 27, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 63 min |
| May 27, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 65 min |
| May 27, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 59 min |
| May 27, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 56 min |
| May 27, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 52 min |
| May 27, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 49 min |
| May 28, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 61 min |
| May 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Victoria | 46 min |
| May 28, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Jackson | 44 min |
| May 28, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Goliad | 50 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.