Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1992, 4:59 PM CDT for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1992, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 KAUS 252159 SVRAUS TXC453-491-252230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 459 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TRAVIS COUNTY...WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT 455 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTY LINE NEAR LEANDER. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED TO BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH AS THE STORMS MOVED ACROSS BURNET COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD RXOADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 25, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ034>035-038>039-054-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 325 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 325 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HONDO...TEXAS SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF KERRVILLE TO NEAR LEAKEY TO NORTH OF BRACKETTVILLE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF EDWARDS...REAL...KINNEY... UVALDE...MEDINA...KERR...BANDERA...AND KENDALL COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ054-252130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 330 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 AT 325 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ON THE RIO GRANDE JUST SOUTH OF LANGTRY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
TXZ030-034-036-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 330 PM CDT MON 25 MAY 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN... AT 325 PM...RADAR SHOWED A FAST MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SAN SABA TO JUST WEST OF LAKE BUCHANAN AND TO NORTH OF FREDERICKSBURG. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 40 MPH. PERSONS ALONG THE HIGHLAND LAKES SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE HIGH WIND GUSTS AS THESE STORMSg MOVE ACROSS SAN SABA...LLANO AND NORTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTIES AND INTO LAMPASAS...BURNET AND BLANCO BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. JVD
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ034>035-038>039-054-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 355 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 350 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HONDO...TEXAS SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR KERRVILLE TO WEST OF BANDERA AND TO NORTHWEST OF HONDO...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF KERR...KENDALL... BANDERA...REAL...KINNEY...UVALDE...AND MEDINA COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY COULD AFFECT PARTS BEXAR AND COMAL COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA...LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:06 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ030-034-036-252230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 400 PM CDT MON 25 MAY 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN... JUST BEFORE 4 PM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LAMPASAS TO BURNET...MARBLE FALLS AND TO NEAR JOHNSON CITY. IT CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. DUE TO THE FORWARD MOTION...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A HIGH WIND GUST AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES ACROSS LAMPASAS...BURNET AND BLANCO COUNTIES AND INTO WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND HAYS COUNTIES AROUND 5 TO 6 PM. HALF INCH HAIL WAS OBSERVED WITH THESE STORMS EARLIER AND AS MUCH AS 45 LIGHTNING STRIKES IN A 15 MINUTE PERIOD HAVE BEEN RECORDED. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF THESE STORMS FURTHER INTENSIFY. JVD
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:11 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
TXZ054-252215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 415 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 410 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES NORTHWEST AND 15 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES WEST AND 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SHOULD A TORNADO BE SIGHTED...THE BEST SHELTER IS FOUND ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A HOME OR WELL BUILT BUILDING. PICK A ROOM IN THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING SUCH AS A SMALL CLOSET...BATHROOM OR HALLWAY. REMEMBER... A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.