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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 1, 1992San Saba County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1992, 6:04 PM CDT for San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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
Jun 1, 1992, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County San Saba County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 6:10 PM CDTHail 1.5San Saba, 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

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 211 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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, Jun 1, 12:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ036-037-011900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1250 PM CDT MON JUN 01 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1245 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FROM SAN ANTONIO NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
LULING...ROSANKY AND LA GRANGE TO COLLEGE STATION.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE FROM WAELDER THROUGH LA GRANGE TO SOUTHEAST
OF COLLEGE STATION.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN CALDWELL...FAYETTE AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLESON
COUNTY WILL LIKELY RECEIVE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OF LaOW LYING AREAS AND OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.     WH
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ036-037-012000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
400 PM CDT MON JUN 01 1992

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MILAM...BURLESON...
   LEE...BASTROP AND FAYETTE CO!UNTIES...

AT 355 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
FROM FLATONIA TO HOUSTON AND LUFKIN.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ036-037-012200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
355 PM CDT MON JUN 01 1992

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MILAM...BURLESON...
   LEE...BA%STROP AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 355 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
FROM FLATONIA TO HOUSTON AND LUFKIN.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

LUN
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
TXZ030-034>036-012240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
440 PM CDT MON JUN 01 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN LLANO COUNTY...

AT 435 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY BETWEEN
LAKE BUCHANAN...MARBLE FALLS AND LLANO.  OTHER STORMS HAD FORMED JUST EAST
OF SAN ANGELO.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
PERSONS ON LAKE BUCHANAN SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND OR WARNINGS.

LUNA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano42 min
Jun 1, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLampasas47 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.