Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1992, 5:16 PM CDT for Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Sep 3, 1992, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Milam County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 5:40 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Milam, 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1638 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 032217 SVRAUS TXC331-032315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 516 PM CDT THU SEP 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MILAM COUNTY AT 517 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 6 MILES EAST OF BARTLETT MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...GET INSIDE. DON'T USE TELE- PHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND AT OR ABOVE 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. HAVE ALL LOOSE YARD ITEMS STOWED. TELL YOUR KIDS WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO GO BEFORE THE STORM HITS.
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, Sep 3, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
TXZ036>037-032215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 410 PM CDT TUE SEP 01 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR TRAVIS... WILLIAMSON...BASTROP...LEE...CALDWELL...FAYETTE...MILAM AND BURLESON COUNTIES... AT 405 PM...RADAR SHOWED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES EAST OF TEMPLE TO COLLEGE STATION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AN~D WILL BE AFFECTING MILAM AND BURLESON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AS THE THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION UNFOLDS. WH
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 4:51 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
TXZ036>037-032245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 450 PM CDT THU SEP 03 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR TRAVIS... WILLIAMSON...BASTROP...LEE...CALDWELL...FAYETTE...MILAM AND BURLESON COUNTIES... AT 445 PM...RADAR SHOWED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM BARTLETT AND ROSEBUD THROUGH CALDWELL TO SOMERVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF BARTLETT WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF MILAM AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHORTLY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF FREDERICKSBURG TO LAKES BUCHANAN AND LBJ. PERSONS ON THE UPPER HIGHLAND LAKES SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE SIGHTED. MOVEMENT HAS NOT YET B^EEN DETERMINED WITH THESE STORMS. WH
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 4:53 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
TXZ034>037-032245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 450 PM CDT THU SEP 03 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR TRAVIS... WILLIAMSON...BASTROP...LEE...CALDWELL...FAYETTE...MILAM AND BURLESON COUNTIES... AT 445 PM...RADAR SHOWED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM BARTLETT AND ROSEBUD THROUGH CALDWELL TO SOMERVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF BARTLETT WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF MILAM AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHORTLY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF FREDERICKSBURG TO LAKES BUCHANAN AND LBJ. PERSONS ON THE UPPER HIGHLAND LAKES SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE SIGHTED. MOVEMENT HAS NOT YvET BEEN DETERMINED WITH THESE STORMS. WH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 63 min |
| Sep 3, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.