Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 1992, 8:17 PM CST for DeWitt County, Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 1992, 8:17 PM CST (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 1992, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeWitt County, TX, Lavaca County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 230217 SVRVCT TXC123-285-230315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 817 PM CST SAT FEB 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN DEWITT COUNTY...WESTERN LAVACA COUNTY AT 810 PM CST PUBLIC REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHINER TEXAS. HAIL LASTED ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND NEARLY COVERED THE GROUND. RADAR SHOWES VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF SHINER TEXAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY...YOU SHOULD A2SK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
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, Feb 22, 3:48 PM CST, 4 hours 29 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, 3 hours 44 minutes 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, 2 hours 57 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.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 6:36 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
TXZ040-230245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 636 PM CST SAT FEB 22 1992 AT 635 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GONZALES COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM LIKELY CONTAINS HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN GONZALES COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD THIS THUNDERSTORM AFFECT THEIR AREA.
Local storm report, Feb 22, 7:51 PM CST, 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
750 PM CST SAT FEB 22 1992
LATE AFTERNOON STORM SYSTEM OF SATURDAY...2/22/1992
TIME COUNTY EVENT
1545 TRAVIS PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT MOPAC/HWY 290(TV-24)
1545 WILLIAMSON MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT TAYLOR(KTAE RADIO/VIA TV-24)
1553 TRAVIS 1/4"-1/2" HAIL AT WILLIAM CANNON/I-35(WX OBSERVER)
1600 TRAVIS MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT WILLIAM CANNON/I-35(WX OBSERVER)
1610 WILLIAMSON PEA SIZED TO 1/2" HAIL AT HUTTO(WX OBSERVER)
1750 CALDWELL GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT LOCKHART(TRAINED TV-24 WX
OBSERVER). OTHER PUBLIC REPORTS OF GOLFBALL HAIL
VIA LOCKHART SHERIFF'S OFFICE.Local storm report, Feb 22, 7:53 PM CST, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
750 PM CST SAT FEB 22 1992
LATE AFTERNOON STORM SYSTEM OF SATURDAY...2/22/1992
TIME COUNTY EVENT
1545 TRAVIS PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT MOPAC/HWY 290(TV-24)
1545 WILLIAMSON MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT TAYLOR(KTAE RADIO/VIA TV-24)
1553 TRAVIS 1/4"-1/2" HAIL AT WILLIAM CANNON/I-35(WX OBSERVER)
1600 TRAVIS MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT WILLIAM CANNON/I-35(WX OBSERVER)
1610 WILLIAMSON PEA SIZED TO 1/2" HAIL AT HUTTO(WX OBSERVER)
1750 CALDWELL GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT LOCKHART(TRAINED TV-24 WX
OBSERVER). OTHER PUBLIC REPORTS OF GOLFBALL HAIL
VIA LOCKHART SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AUS/WHNearby
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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.