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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 21, 1992Travis County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 1992, 6:41 PM CDT for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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 21, 1992, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 21, 7:38 PM CDTHail 0.75Travis, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 21, 3:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-212130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
330 PM CDT MON SEP 21 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY...

AT 325 PM...RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF FREDERICKSBURG THROUGH LAKE BUCHANAN TO LAMPASAS.

THE MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...ESPECIALLY
THOSE XALONG THE UPPER HIGHLAND LAKES SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
WH
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 4:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-212210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
410 PM CDT MON SEP 21 1992

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN...

AT 4 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR WACO THROUGH
BURNET AND LAKE BUCHANAN TO NORTH OF FREDERICKSBURG.  THE NORTHERN END
OF THAT LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE HIGHEST RAINFALL RATE...NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR...WAS LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF BERTRAM.

PERSONS AROUND THE HIGHLAND LAKES EASTWARD TO THE INTERSTATE NEAR
GEORGETOWN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE
HAIL UNTIL AROUND 6 PM.   BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
JVD
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 4:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-212230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
435 PM CDT MON SEP 21 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN...

AT 430 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM KILLEEN/TEMPLE
SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND OVER SOUTHERN BURNET
AND LLANO COUNTIES.  THE MOST INTENSE STORM WAS NEAR MARBLE FALLS AND
BURNET WITH AN ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
THE NORTHERN END OF THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH
WHILE THE SOUTHERN SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT WESTERN TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY
ALONG THE INTERSTATE AROUND 6 PM.  BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WILNDS
AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
JVD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Travis, Williamson58 min
Sep 21, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson67 min
Sep 21, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco67 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.