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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 2, 1992Mills County, San Saba County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1992, 8:48 PM CST for Mills County, San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 1992, 8:48 PM CST (02:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1992, 9:30 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mills County, TX, San Saba County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 5:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde50 min

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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.