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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 7, 1992Travis County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 1992, 7:56 PM CDT for Travis 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
Oct 7, 1992, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Travis County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 7, 8:40 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 nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAUS 080058
SVRAUS
TXC453-080200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
756 PM CDT WED OCT 7 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...TRAVIS COUNTY
 
AT 755 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JONESTOWN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS
CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS TO OR IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  PERSONS IN JONESTOWN
ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
OR FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM
BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR CAR.
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY tHEAVY RAIN...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, Oct 7, 5:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ030-034>036-080000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
525 PM CDT WED OCT 7 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SAN SABA AND MILLS COUNTY...

AT 520 PM...RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRADY TO
SAN SABA AND GOLDTHWAITE.  MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE EAST
AT 35 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO LAMPASAS...LLANO AND BURNET COUNTY BY 615 PM.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

ONCE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND GUST TO
40 MPH ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING DUST.

THE AUSTIN METRO AREA WILL SEE SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 8 PM.
LUNA
UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DALLAS/FT.WORTH
METROPLEX.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 5:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ030-034>036-080000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
525 PM CDT WED OCT 7 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SAN SABA AND MILLS COUNTY...

AT 520 PM...RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRADY TO
SAN SABA AND GOLDTHWAITE.  MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE EAST
AT 35 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO LAMPASAS...LLANO AND BURNET COUNTY BY 615 PM.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

ONCE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND GUST TO
40 MPH ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING DUST.

THE AUSTIN METRO AREA WILL SEE SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 8 PM.
LUNA
.
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 6:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ030-034>036-080030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
620 PM CDT WED OCT 7 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JUST WEST OF LAMPASAS...

AT 617 PM...RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LLANO TO
ADAMSVILLE AND WACO.  MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE EAST
AT 35 MPH.

THE STROMS NEAR LAMPASAS MAY BECOME SEVERE IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER LAKE BUCHANAN AROUND 645PM AND BURNET AT 715 PM.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

ONCE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND GUST TO
40 MPH ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING DUST.
.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE AUSTIN METRO AREA AROUND 830 PM.
LUNA

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.