Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1992, 9:41 PM CDT for Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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
- May 12, 1992, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Milam County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 10:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Milam, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 130246 SVRAUS TXC331-130330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 941 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MILAM COUNTY AT 945 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF CAMERON MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. 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.
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, May 12, 3:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-036-037-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 353 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MILLS...SAN SABA...LAMPASAS... LLANO...BURNET...GILLESPIE...BLANCO...HAYS...WILLIAMSON... TRAVIS...CALDWELL...MILAM...BASTROP...LEE...FAYETTE AND BURLESON COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM... AT 348 PM...RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HILL COUNTRY. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED AT THE WESTERN END OF LAKE TRAVIS...7 MILES WEST OF LIBERTY HILL...AND FROM SAN SABA TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PONTOTOC. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV/RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 12, 7:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ041-130200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 725 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 AT 725 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTULLA...WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT INDICATED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND... SOME HAIL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. PERSONS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 624 SOUTHEAST OF COTULLA COULD LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, May 12, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-036-037-130200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 759 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 10 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HAYS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 754 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NORTH OF DRIPPING SPRINGS. THIS STORM HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN THE VICINITY OF WACO AND EAST OF TEMPLE. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NORTH ON I-35 MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL AS THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCAL FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 12, 8:45 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
845 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992
TIME COUNTY EVENT OF MAY 12TH
1630 WILLIAMSON GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT LEANDER AND HWY 183
(LEANDER POLICE)
1650 WILLIAMSON DIME SIZED HAIL AT LEANDER(HAMS)
1700 WILLIAMSON GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT LEANDER(TV-24)
1705 TRAVIS 1/4" HAIL AT OAK HILL(HAMS)
1711 TRAVIS 1/2" HAIL AT OAK HILL(HAMS)
1732 TRAVIS 1/2-1" HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH OF BEE CAVES(PIREP/HAMS)
1745 TRAVIS NEAR GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL 6 MILES SOUTH OF HWY 290
(HAMS)
1755 TRAVIS 3.5" RAIN TOTAL AT OAK HILL AND REPORT THAT 1/2 -1"
HAIL LASTED FIOR 45 MINUTES(HAMS)
1759 HAYS PEA TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAK
HILL IN HAYS COUNTY(HAMS)
1816 HAYS 1/2-3/4" HAIL NEAR DRIFTWOOD(HAMS)
HOHMANNSpecial weather statement, May 12, 8:57 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
TXZ041-130330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 857 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTULLA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND... SOME HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF LA SALLE COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF COTULLA AND EAST OF ARTESIA WELLS. PERSONS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 624 SOUTHEAST OF COTULLA COULD LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, May 12, 8:59 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-036-037-130300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 855 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MILLS...SAN SABA...LAMPASAS... LLANO...BURNET...GILLESPIE...BLANCO...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS... HAYS...CALDWELL...BASTROP...LEE AND FAYETTE COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MILAM AND BURLESON COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM... AT 850 PM...RADAR SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT PREICIPITATION IN OR AROUND AUSTIN. HOWEVER...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO THE NORTH IN THE AREA FROM TEMPLE TO WACO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO MILAM COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILE AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burleson | 33 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.