Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1992, 6:40 PM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Travis County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 6:54 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Travis, TX | |
| May 27, 7:05 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Travis, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 272341 TORAUS TXC453-280030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 640 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TRAVIS COUNTY AT 638 PM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW POSSIBLE INDICATIONS OF A TORNADO. GROUND REPORTS FROM HAMM RADIO OPERATORS AND SPOTTERS HAVE NOTED NUMEROUS FUNNELS AND ROTATION IN THE CLOUDS...ALSO WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS WERE OCCURRING. THIS WARNING NOW INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CITY OF AUSTIN.
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, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano, San Saba | 66 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 |
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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.