Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1992, 8:50 PM CDT for Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1992, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maverick County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 260153 SVRSAT TXC323-260245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 850 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...MAVERICK COUNTY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MAVERICK COUNTY. AT 845 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL...HIGH WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MAVERICK COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. 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. 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 25, 6:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 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, 2 hours 20 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, 2 hours 16 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, 2 hours 10 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, 54 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.
Special weather statement, May 25, 8:26 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
TXZ054-260230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 830 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... AT 825 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THE VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE M0VED TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEL RIO...ALSO...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 TO 50 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATI ON 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, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 66 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.