Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 1992, 8:53 AM CST for Blanco County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 1992, 8:53 AM CST (14:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 1992, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Blanco County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 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 241454 SVRAUS TXC031-241600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 853 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BLANCO COUNTY AT 851 PM RADAR SHOWED THE MERGER OF SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER BLANCO COUNTY WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS IN THE ORDER OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR AND COULD PRODUCE IMMEDIATE FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 24, 4:07 AM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ054-241200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 400 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992 AT 400 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS EXTENDING FROM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO NORTHEAST TO SAN ANGELO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST AND 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH WHILE THE WHOLE AREA OF STORMS WAS TO DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST. BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD AND AREA RIVERS SHOULD BEGIN MAKING PREPARATIONS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN DEL RIO AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 4:10 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ054-241200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME IN FIRST LINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 400 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992 AT 400 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS EXTENDING FROM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO NORTHEAST TO SAN ANGELO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST AND 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH WHILE THE WHOLE AREA OF STORMS WAS TO DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST. BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD AND AREA RIVERS SHOULD BEGIN MAKING PREPARATIONS TO SEEK SAFE HARnBOR IMMEDIATELY. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN DEL RIO AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 4:11 AM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ054-241200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME IN FIRST LINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 400 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992 AT 400 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS EXTENDING FROM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO NORTHEAST TO SAN ANGELO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST AND 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH WHILE THE WHOLE AREA OF STORMS WAS TO DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST. BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD AND AREA RIVERS SHOULD BEGIN MAKING PREPARATIONS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN DEL RIO AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 4:32 AM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ034>035-038>039-041-240600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 430 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992 ...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY... AT 415 AM CST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES AND EXTENDING INTO MEXICO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN LOCATED SOUTH OF VAL VERDE COUNTY... STILL IN MEXICO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NO PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE COUNTIES YET. PERSON ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITION AS THESE AND OTHER STORMS CONTINUE AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. MDV
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 6:18 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ034>035-038>039-041-240600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 615 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS 70 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF LAREDO TO 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF JUNCTION. AT 610 AM CST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM MAVERICK COUNTY TO THE NORTH TO KERR COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN MAVERICK...EDWARDS AND KERR COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSON ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITION AS THESE AND OTHER STORMS CONTINUE AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. MDV
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 8:42 AM CST, 11 minutes before
TXZ034-035-036-037-038-040-054-241545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 840 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...EDWARDS PLATEAU AND MUCH OF SOUHT CENTRAL TEXAS... ...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTH TEXAS EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTH... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BANDERA COUNTY HAS EXPIRERED. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MEDINA WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORMS...HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENENS FROM KENDALL COUNTY TO JUST NORTH OF HONDO IN MEDINA THROUGH ZAVALA COUNTY AND INTO DIMMIT COUNTY. THIS LI WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PERSON IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD LOOK FOR CHANGING WEATHER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MDV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 7:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 9:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 9:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 9:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:06 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria | 2 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Goliad | 2 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Calhoun | 57 min |
| Feb 24, 4:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burleson | 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.