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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 29, 1992McMullen County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1992, 8:26 PM CST for McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 1992, 8:26 PM CST (02:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 1992, 9:15 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County McMullen County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1522 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Mar 29, 4:29 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
424 PM CST SUN MAR 29 1992

DATE TIME          ....BEXAR COUNTY REPORTS....
 29  138PM   1/4 HAIL WOODS OF SHAVANO PK  NORTHWEST PORTION SAN ANTONIO.
 29  230PM   1/2 INCH HAIL WOODS OF SHAVANO PK NORTHWEST PART OF SAN ANTONIO.
 29  230PM   1/4 - 1/2 HAIL BANDERA.
 29  233PM   TORNADO OBSERVED BY SAT WSFO 15 MILES W OF AIRPORT.
 29  235PM   1 INCH HAIL ELDORADO SUB. NORTHEAST OF SAN ANTONIO.
 29  236PM   1/4 INCH HAIL NORTHWEST SAN ANTONIO BABCOCK OUT SIDE LOOP 410.
 29  240PM   FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE VICINITY OF AIRPORT.
 29  242PM   FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED BY WSFO SAN ANTONIO 7 SOUTHWEST OF
             AIRPORT.
 29  240PM   3/4 HAIL BETWEEN WINDCREST AND LIVE OAK  NORTHEAST OF SAN
             ANTONIO.
 29  250PM   ROOF TAKEN OFF BY TORNADO AT GILBEAU/TEZEL RDS 15 WEST OF
             SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT.
 29  253PM   1/4 HAIL SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT.
 29  320PM   60 SQUARE FEET OF ROOF BLOWN OF BUILDING AT RANDOLPH AFB
             NORTHEAST OF SAN ANTONIO.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 5:03 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ035-036-037-300100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
5 PM CST SUN MAR 29 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN
TEXAS UNTILL 9PM TONIGHT...IT INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF TRAVIS...BLANCO
...WILLIAMSON...BASTROP...FAYETTE...CALDWELL...HAYS...LEE AND MILAM.

AT 450 PM AUSTIN RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MOSTLY SHOWERS WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF SAN ANTONIO TO FLATONIA TO EAST OF
LAGRANGE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF FLORESVILLE AND EAST
OF NIXON. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE AUSTIN AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS
EVEN NOW THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW WELL TO THE ShOUTH OF AUSTIN
AND MOVING TOWARDS SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
PJL
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 5:29 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ035-036-037-300100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
520 PM CST SUN MAR 29 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION
OF SOUTHERN TEXAS TEXAS UNTILL 9 PM TONIGHT...IT NOW ONLY INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF BASTROP...FAYETTE...CALDWELL AND LEE COUNTIES
IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

AT 450 PM AUSTIN RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MOSTLY SHOWERS WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF SAN ANTONIO TO FLATONIA TO EAST OF
LAGRANGE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF FLORESVILLE AND EAST
OF NIXON. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH. BLANCO...HAYS...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON AND MILAM COUNTIES.
PJL
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 6:20 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ035-036-037-300100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
615 PM CST SUN MAR 29 1992

...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS CANCELLED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 104 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
SOUTHERN TEXAS.

AT 610 PM AUSTIN RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO...THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS IN A LINE
OF MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS THAT EXTENDED EASTWARD TO NEAR
SEALY. THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THIS AREA HAS DECREASED RAPIDLY
DURING THE LAST HOUR.

THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT NEAR 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 7:49 PM CST, 37 minutes before
TXZ039-300300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
744 PM CST SUN MAR 29 1992

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER WESTERN BEXAR COUNTY...

HONDO RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER
NORTHWEST BEXAR COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 8:21 PM CST, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa60 min
Mar 29, 7:04 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa41 min
Mar 29, 7:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.