Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1992, 8:09 PM CDT for Dimmit County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1992, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dimmit County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 559 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 260111 SVRSAT TXC127-260215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 809 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...DIMMIT COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST DIMMIT COUNTY...JUST NORTHWEST OF CARRIZO SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS VERY SLOW TO THE SOUTHEAST. SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL...SIZE UNKNOWN...WERE RECEIVED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS ONE UNCONFIRMED SIGHTING OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM ALSO GREATLY ENHANCES THE LIKELIHOOD OF SOME FLOODING IN THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. 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.
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
Local storm report, May 25, 6:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 603 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 TIME COUNTY EVENT OF...MAY 25 1992... 1700 WILLIAMSON LEANDER FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS. LUNA
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ035-039-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING SOUTHWARD FROM KENDALL COUNTY INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF BEXAR COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 600 PM CDT...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE JUNCTURE OF KENDALL...COMAL AND BEXAR COUNTIES...NEAR THE TOWN OF BERGHEIM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH IS LIKELY FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO... POSSIBLY THREATENING THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF SAN ANTONIO. RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. IN FACT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA...UNTIL 11 PM CDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
TXZ054-260030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 400 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 68 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO...JUST WEST OF PANDALE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THE STRONGEST PORTION WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP TORNADOES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 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.
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
TXZ054-260030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 630 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 68 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO...JUST WEST OF PANDALE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THE STRONGEST PORTION WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP TORNADOES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 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. ...CORRECTION TO TIME...
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TXZ054-260030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 630 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 68 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO...JUST WEST OF PANDALE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THE STRONGEST PORTION WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP TORNADOES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 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. ...CORRECTION TO TIME...
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:56 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
TXZ054-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 800 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 755 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES SOUTH OF DEL RIO...ALSO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 50 MILES WEST TO 10 MILES NORTH TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP TORNADOES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 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. MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH 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, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 67 min |
| May 25, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 55 min |
| May 25, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 68 min |
| May 26, 4:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 48 min |
| May 26, 6:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Webb | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 64 min |
| May 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Karnes | 38 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.