Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1992, 11:34 PM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1992, 11:34 PM CDT (04:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1992, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bexar County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 1799 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 290436 SVRSAT TXC029-290515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1134 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...BEXAR COUNTY AT 1133 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD REDEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST BEXAR COUNTY. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS RERORTED IN LEON VALLEY DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MINUTES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY 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 28, 8:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ054-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 808 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM MONDAY MORNING... AT 800 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING 14 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. PUBLIC REPORTED STRONG GUSTY WINDS AT BOX CANYON...20 MILES WNW OF DEL RIO. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARDS LAKE AMISTAD AND DEL RIO. BOATERS...FISHERMEN AND CAMPERS ON LAKE AMISTAD AND AREA RIVERS SHOUPLD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AND A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038>041-054-290225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 825 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS NOW ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...GENERALLY FROM DEL RIO TO AUSTIN TO BEEVILLE TO COTULLA. THE WATCH INCLUDES BEXAR COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. AT 815 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WERE FROM EAST OF JUNCTION TO NEAR JOHNSON CITY...AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...GOLF TO SOFTBALL SIZE...EARLIER THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF HAIL...THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN KERR AND KENDALL COUNTIES COULD START TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...KEEP SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO SAFETY RULES IN MIND...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ054-290330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 856 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM MONDAY MORNING... AT 850 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM REPORTED EARLIER HAD DISSIPATED. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AN\D RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 10:34 PM CDT, 1 hour before
TXZ054-290430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1035 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING... AT 1030 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:11 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-290515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1058 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR TRAVIS...GILLESPIE... BLANCO...HAYS...CALDWELL...BASTROP...MILLS AND LAMPASAS COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR MILLS..SAN SABA AND LAMPASAS COUNTIES... AT 1052 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES WIDE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO BASTROP...SAN MARCOS AND BANDERA. THE BACK EDGE OF THE LINE WAS FROM CAMERON TO GEORGETOWN...LAKE TRAVIS AND FREDERICKSBURG. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE STRONG WITH 3/8 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN THE SAN MARCOS AREA BY AN OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS. . THE IMMEDIATE THEAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA8 HOWEVER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD FIRE LATER TONIGHT. LUNA
Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:17 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1115 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1992
...PRELIMENARY REPORT FOR SUNDAY JUNE 28TH 1992...
COUNTY TIME CDT EVENT
SAN SABA 440 PM GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT ELM GROVE(HAMMS)
MILLS 507 PM GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT DEMOCRAT(SHERIFF)
SAN SABA 545 PM PUBLIC ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS...SEVERAL
LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN(SHERIFF)
SAN SABA 552 PM GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF SAN
SABA(SHERIFF)
LLANO 620 PM GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
AT VALLEY SPRINGS(TV-24)
SAN SABA 620 PM APPARENT TORNADO DESTROYED A BARN NEAR SAN
SABA...SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED...HOUSE
DAMAGED(SHERIFF/PUBLIC)
SAN SABA 645 PM LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN AT CHROKEE(RAINFALL OBS)
MILLS 645 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL IN SOUTHERN MILLS(SHERIFF)
SAN SABA 645 PM GOLFBALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL AT VALLEY
SPRINGS...SECOND STORM(SHERIFF)
LLANO 651 PM 1/2 INCH TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT CASTELL AND
50 MPH WINDS(TV-36)
LLANO 700 PM ROOF BLOWN OFF OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT ALONG
WITH NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND TREES DOWNED AT
LLANO...ELECTRICITY OUTAGE CITYWIDE(SHERIFF)
LLANO 715 PM 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS...LARGE OAK TREES DOWNED...
TWISTED AND UPROOTED 17 MILES SOUTH OF LLANO(SHERIFF)LLANO 710 PM FUNNEL 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LLANO(SHERIFF)
LLANO 720 PM 60 MPH WINDS...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL...AROUND
50 TREES DOWNED OR SHEARED OFF(TV-24)
GILLESPIE 750 PM 50 MPH WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS 15 MILES
NORTH OF FREDERICKSBURG(HAMMS)
GILLESPIE 820 PM ONE INCH HAIL AT ECKERT(SHERIFF)
GILLESPIE 855 PM 3 INCH/HOUR RAINFALL RATES AND 1/2 INCH HAIL
(SHERIFF)
BLANCO 910 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL 10 MILES WEST OF JOHNSON CITY
(LOCAL RADIO STATION)
GILLESPIE 920 PM LARGE TREES DOWNED IN FREDERICKSBURG(SHERIFF)
WHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 68 min |
| Jun 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 38 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.