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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 14, 1992Webb County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1992, 8:54 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1992, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Webb County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 1992-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2156 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 1992-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 150156
SVRSAT
TXC479-150300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
854 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...WEBB COUNTY
 
AT 852 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ENCINAL ALONG INTERSTATE 35
WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH INTO NORTHERN WEBB COUNTY. VERY HEAVY
RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH.  THESE WINDS
BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES...
SOMETIMES BUILDINGS.  VERY LARGE HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT
OUTSIDE.
 
THIS IS A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM AND IT MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS...LOW AREAS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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 14, 3:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038-039-142100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
300 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND
THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...

AT 300 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS INCLUDING THE TEXAS HILL
COUNTRY.  THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.
A FEW OF THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING QUITE HEAVY RAINFALL ALTHOUGH NO
SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON.
BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY.

THE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER SOUTH
TEXAS AIDED BY AFTERNOON HEATING AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
            <
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038-039-142200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
350 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
FROM SAN ANTONIO TO KARNES CITY TO WEST OF BEEVILLE.  OTHER WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUNCTION TO WEST OF SAN MARCOS.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR KELLY AIR FORCE BASE AS THE STORMS
MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA.  IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.  DUE TO THE RELATIVELY SLOW MOVEMENT...SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF STREETS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR SLICK WET ROADS OVER PORTIONS OF THE SAN ANTONIO METRO
AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS
FLOODED LOW-WATER CROSSINGS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING DUE TO A HIGHLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER
THE REGION.

STAY TUNE,D TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR A LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ034>037-150030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
625 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREA...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LAMPASAS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 620 PM...RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL FROM AUSTIN TO EAST OF BUDA TO LOCKHART...NEAR WAELDER...AND
EAST OF SCHULENBURG.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THwE NORTHEAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...LOCALIZED FLOODING...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
TXZ034>037-150130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
730 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 726 PM...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
FROM 5 MILES EST OF SMITHVILLE TO PAIGE...5 MILES SOUTH OF HARPER...
AND NEAR COMFORT.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT
20 MILES AN HOUR.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...LOCALIZED FLOODING...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.  MORE THAN 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL WITH EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS AT DRIPPING SPRINGS...AND 0.75 INCHES
WAS OBSERVED IN JUST OVER 15 MINUTES HERE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL TV/RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMcMullen58 min
May 14, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera67 min
May 14, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLa Salle67 min
May 14, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLa Salle66 min
May 14, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWebb57 min
May 14, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWebb59 min
May 15, 12:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWebb3 hr

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.