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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 3, 1992Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 1992, 10:05 PM CST for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
Mar 3, 1992, 10:05 PM CST (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 1992, 11:00 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Val Verde County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 3, 10:19 PM CSTHail 0.75Val Verde, 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1920 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1920 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDRT 040401
SVRDRT
TXC465-040500-

BULETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
1005 PM CST TUE MAR 3 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN

SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS...VAL VERDE

AT 1000 PM CST HUDSPETH RANCH...9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNO...REPORTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH..DESTRUCTIVE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY THROUGH
TONIGHT...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 6:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney60 min
Mar 3, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde55 min
Mar 3, 6:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal59 min
Mar 3, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr2 hr
Mar 3, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Uvalde55 min
Mar 3, 7:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde55 min
Mar 3, 8:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde41 min
Mar 3, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala57 min
Mar 3, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWebb56 min
Mar 3, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio58 min
Mar 3, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar4 hr
Mar 3, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar65 min
Mar 3, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop35 min
Mar 3, 10:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lee43 min
Mar 3, 10:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson58 min
Mar 4, 12:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Comal, Kendall, Kerr6 hr
Mar 4, 12:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal6 hr
Mar 4, 2:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina, Uvalde6 hr
Mar 4, 3:04 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Hays3 hr
Mar 4, 3:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal50 min
Mar 4, 5:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Mar 4, 5:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Caldwell, Hays4 hr
Mar 4, 4:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet58 min
Mar 4, 4:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson62 min
Mar 4, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Hays60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.