Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 1992, 5:34 PM CST for Caldwell County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Feb 22, 1992, 5:34 PM CST (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 1992, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Caldwell County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 5:55 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Caldwell, 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 1065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 222335 SVRAUS TXC055-230015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 534 PM CST SAT FEB 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...CALDWELL COUNTY AT 530 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOCKHART MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR INDICATED 3/4 INCH HAIL WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PERSONS IN AND NEAR LOCKHART SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVYi RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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
Local storm report, Feb 22, 2:46 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
230 PM CST SAT FEB 22 1992
EARLY MORNING STORM SYSTEM OF SATURDAY...2/22/1992
TIME EVENT.
0420 AM IN BASTROP COUNTY...LIGHTNING HIT AND SHATTERED A TREE...
GOING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF A CAR AND KILLING TWO PEOPLE.
0845 AM SHERIFFS OFFICE IN BASTROP...REPORTED COUNTY ROADS 271 OFF 304
IN PINE VALLEY CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. HWY 821 2 MILES
FROM SH 21 HAD 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.
HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS FROM AREA, WHERE: LA GRANGE 2.67
LOCKHART 2.25...CEDAR CREEK 2.45. MOST WERE 1 TO 2 INCHES.
AUS/JVDSpecial weather statement, Feb 22, 3:48 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TXZ036-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 347 PM CST SAT FEB 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 345 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THRALL. SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A RADIO STATION IN TAYLOR AROUND 330 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER LAKE TRAVIS... AND SOUTHEAST OF DRIPPING SPRINGS. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AT 345 PM MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS BEING REPORTED AROUND HIGHWAY 290 AND MOPAC. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 4:33 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
TXZ036-222330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 432 PM CST SAT FEB 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 430 PM...RADAR SHOWED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELGIN IN WESTERN LEE COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTHEAST OF BUDA...AND 5 MILES WEST OF CEDAR CREEK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MINOR STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS WE APPROACH SUNSET AND THE LOSS OF AFTERNOON HEATING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 5:20 PM CST, 14 minutes before
TXZ036-220030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 520 PM CST SAT FEB 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 516 PM...RADAR SHOWED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF ELGIN AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON...BOTH IN LEE COUNTY. OTHER VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST OF LOCKHART. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MINOR STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR LOCKHART ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.