Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1992, 7:47 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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 4, 1992, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edwards County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Edwards, 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 2795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -2.4
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 4, 5:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ054-042315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 505 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 500 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO EXTENDING TO THE NORTHWEST INTO TERRELL COUNTY WEST OF SANDERSON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SANDERSON IN TERRELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WIND SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER . PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
TXZ054-050015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 620 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 615 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO THEN EXTENDING EAST TO 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF VAL VERDE COUNTY NEAR PANDALE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKSPRINGS IN EDWARDS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WIND SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS >AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:35 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
TXZ054-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 735 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 730 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 35 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO EXTENDING NORTH TO THE CROCKETT COUNTY LINE. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF EDWARDS COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHSOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY HEAVY RAINFALL. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WIND SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 59 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.