Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1992, 4:24 PM CDT for Llano County, San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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 27, 1992, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Llano County, TX, San Saba County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Llano, TX | |
| May 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Llano, 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 272125 SVRAUS TXC411-299-272230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 424 PM CDT WED MAY 27 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 NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SAN SABA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN LLANO COUNTY AT 423 PM RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR RICHLAND SPRINGS AND PONTOTOC. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 68 min |
| May 27, 1:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 4 hr |
| May 27, 5:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| May 27, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 53 min |
| May 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Blanco | 47 min |
| May 27, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 41 min |
| May 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Blanco | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 27 min |
| May 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 59 min |
| May 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 59 min |
| May 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 43 min |
| May 27, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis | 39 min |
| May 27, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 40 min |
| May 27, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis | 50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.