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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 9, 1992Llano County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1992, 2:28 AM CST for Llano County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 9, 1992, 2:28 AM CST (08:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1992, 3:15 AM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Llano County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 9, 2:50 AM CSTHail 1.25Llano, 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 1992-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1010 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAUS 090828
SVRAUS
TXC299-090915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
228 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN LLANO COUNTY
 
AT 224 AM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE TUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE
CITY OF LLANO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE
AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF OXFORD AND KINGSLAND BETWEEN 240 AND 310 AM.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 6:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney67 min
Mar 8, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney65 min
Mar 9, 1:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie34 min
Mar 9, 4:42 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXGillespie48 min
Mar 9, 5:13 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXLlano32 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.