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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 2, 1992DeWitt County, Lavaca County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1992, 3:29 AM CDT for DeWitt County, Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1992, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1992, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties DeWitt County, TX, Lavaca County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2310 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KVCT 020830
SVRVCT
TXC123-285-020930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
329 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN DEWITT COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN LAVACA COUNTY
 
AT 325 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OCCURRING
NEAR YOAKUM ON THE DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTY LINE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
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, Jun 1, 10:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 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, 4 hours 8 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, 3 hours 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/TMK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson47 min
Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXWilliamson31 min
Jun 1, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano43 min
Jun 1, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXWilliamson46 min
Jun 1, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson24 min
Jun 1, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson24 min
Jun 1, 11:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis3 hr
Jun 1, 11:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop3 hr
Jun 2, 12:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal108 min
Jun 2, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette43 min
Jun 2, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar27 min
Jun 2, 4:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala44 min
Jun 2, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa54 min
Jun 2, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLa Salle49 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.