Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1992, 9:24 PM CDT for La Salle County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1992, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County La Salle County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 150225 SVRSAT TXC283-150330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 924 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...LASALLE COUNTY RADAR INDICATED THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED OVER LASALLE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN NOTED. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
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, 3:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 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 57 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 51 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.
Special weather statement, May 14, 9:04 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
TXZ034>037-150330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 850 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992 AT 845 PM...RADAR SHOWED MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BRENHAM TO AUSTIN TO FREDERICKSBURG SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTH TEXAS NEAR THREE RIVERS. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE SAN ANTONIO AREA WITH MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SCATTERED OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MPH. RAINFALL HERE AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AUSTIN IS JUST OVER ONE INCH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | McMullen | 58 min |
| May 14, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 67 min |
| May 14, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | La Salle | 67 min |
| May 14, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 66 min |
| May 14, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 57 min |
| May 14, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 59 min |
| May 15, 12:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Webb | 3 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.