Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 1992, 7:05 PM CST for Travis County, Williamson 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 4, 1992, 7:05 PM CST (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 1992, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 7:22 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Williamson, 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 050105 SVRAUS TXC453-491-050200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 705 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY...WILLIAMSON COUNTY AUSTIN RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE BURNET...WILLIAMSON...COUNTY LINE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST TRAVIS AND WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY...OR TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOCPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Mar 4, 1:48 PM CST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ054-042150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 150 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS. AT 145 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA RAINSHOWERS NEAR SAN ANGELO AND RAINSHOWERS DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS NOT DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE STORMS CAN AND OFTEN DO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DAMAGING HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RAD<IO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR DETAILS AS THEY DEVELOP OR THE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 2:07 PM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 2 PM CST WED MAR 04 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTILL 7 PM TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF TRAVIS COUNTY...INCLUDED ARE THE COUNTIES OF MILLS...SAN SABA...LAMPASAS...BURNET...BLANCO...LLANO AND GILLISPIE... AT 145 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF CAMP BOWIE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EFFECT SAN SABA AND MILLS COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR SAN ANGELO. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD MONITOR DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 2:21 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR FLASH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 2 PM CST WED MAR 04 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTILL 7 PM TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF TRAVIS COUNTY...INCLUDED ARE THE COUNTIES OF MILLS...SAN SABA...LAMPASAS...BURNET...BLANCO...LLANO AND GILLISPIE... AT 145 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF CAMP BOWIE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EFFECT SAN SABA AND MILLS COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR SAN ANGELO. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN RE-ESTABLISHED FOR THE COUNTIES OF MILLS... LAMPASAS AND SAN SABA.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 3:33 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 330 PM CST WED MAR 04 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTILL 7 PM TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF TRAVIS COUNTY...INCLUDED ARE THE COUNTIES OF MILLS...SAN SABA...LAMPASAS...BURNET...BLANCO...LLANO AND GILLISPIE... AT 325 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR PRIDDY...SOUTH OF LLANO AND NEAR FREDERICKSBUG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDER- STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR PRIDDY AROUND 320 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM NORTH OF JUNCTION TO EAST OF BROWNWOOD. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF MILLS...LAMPASAS AND SAN SABA.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 4:01 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ054-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 405 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992 ..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CST... AT 400 PM CST RADAR INDICATED NO RAINFALL ACTIVITY IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING W|EATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 5:36 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TXZ054-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 540 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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.