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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 3, 1992Real County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 1992, 6:46 PM CST for Real County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 1992, 6:46 PM CST (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 1992, 7:45 PM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Real County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1920 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1920 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 040045
SVRSAT
TXC385-040145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
646 PM CST TUE MAR 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...REAL COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN REAL COUNTY MOVING TO
THE EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50
MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY THE REAL COUNTY SHERIFF.
 
 
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT OF LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN
OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
 
ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...A
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING
SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 6:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney60 min
Mar 3, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde55 min
Mar 3, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr2 hr
Mar 3, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Uvalde55 min
Mar 3, 7:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde55 min
Mar 3, 8:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde41 min
Mar 3, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala57 min
Mar 3, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWebb56 min
Mar 3, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio58 min
Mar 3, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar4 hr
Mar 3, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde55 min
Mar 3, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar65 min
Mar 3, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop35 min
Mar 3, 10:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lee43 min
Mar 3, 10:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson58 min
Mar 4, 12:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Comal, Kendall, Kerr6 hr
Mar 4, 12:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal6 hr
Mar 4, 2:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina, Uvalde6 hr
Mar 4, 3:04 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Hays3 hr
Mar 4, 3:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal50 min
Mar 4, 5:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Mar 4, 5:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Caldwell, Hays4 hr
Mar 4, 4:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet58 min
Mar 4, 4:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson62 min
Mar 4, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Hays60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.