Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1992, 6:49 PM CDT for Bastrop County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bastrop County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Bastrop, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 247 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 032350 SVRAUS TXC021-040045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 649 PM CDT THU SEP 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BASTROP COUNTY AT 647 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF ELGIN MOVING INTO BASTROP COUNTY AND TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM PRODUCED HAIL THE SIZE OF A QUARTER ACCORDING TO THE MILAM SHERIFFS OFFICE AROUND 540 PM AT THORNDALE. 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR CAR. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN..p.AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR NEAR METAL OBJECTS.
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, 2 hours 39 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, 1 hour 58 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, 1 hour 56 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
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
TXZ034>037-032330- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 534 PM CDT THU SEP 03 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MILAM COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR TRAVIS... WILLIAMSON...BASTROP...LEE...CALDWELL...FAYETTE...MILAM AND BURLESON COUNTIES... AT 530 PM...RADAR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ROUND MOUNTAIN NORTHEAST TO BERTRAM...AND FROM NEAR TEMPLE TO EAST OF BARTLETT AND THORNDALE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF BARTLETT AND JUST EAST OF THORNDALE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES. PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATEN*ING WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER IF OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. WH
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
TXZ034-035-054-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 530 PM CDT THU SEP 3 1992 AT 530 PM CDT...HONDO RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...EAST AND WEST OF JUNCTION. THE LINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF EDWARDS...KERR...REAL AND KENDALL COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. IF THE LINE HOLDS TOGETHER...THE STORMS COULD MOVE FURTHER SOUTHWARD DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PERSONS IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT EDWARDS PLATEAU SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO... TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS FOR THE VERY LATEST IN WEATHER INFOR- MATION. ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Milam | 59 min |
| 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 |
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.