Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
- 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 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/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, 12:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 108 min |
| 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, 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.