Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1992, 8:48 PM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1992, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kinney County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 050211 COR SVRSAT TXC271-050230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 848 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY AT 845 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HONDO...TEXAS SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHEAST KINNEY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS LIKELY...AND HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
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, 3 hours 47 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, 2 hours 28 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, 1 hour 13 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:26 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
TXZ054-050230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 830 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 825 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 75 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO EXTENDING NORTH TO 35 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WAS 30 WEST SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. A THUNDERSTORM WITH MODERATE RAINFALL WAS NEAR COMSTOCK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED EAST OF LOMA ALTA IN EXTREME WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTH 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, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 58 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
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.