Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1992, 10:07 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1992, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1992, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Webb County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Webb, TX | |
| May 25, 10:40 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Webb, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 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
- 1670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 260310 SVRSAT TXC479-260415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1007 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...WEBB COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WEBB COUNTY. WITHIN THE PAST FEW MINUTES...THIS STORM HAS TAKEN ON A SIGNATURE THAT OFTENTIMES IS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG DAMAGING WIND. 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. IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OFTENTIMES DO SPAWN TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
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, 6:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 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, 3 hours 27 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, 2 hours 11 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, 1 hour 41 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.
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour before
TXZ030-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 907 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MILLS...SAN SABA...AND LAMPASAS COUNTIES... NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THUS THE CANCELLATION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. LUNA
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:08 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
TXZ035-039-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 905 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING HAS MOVED RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AND INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS AS IT MOVED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. HOWEVER...REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. AGAIN...SOME OF THESE MAY POSE OF THREAT OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
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, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.