Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1992, 7:59 PM CDT for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 1, 1992, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Williamson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Williamson, 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 632 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 020101 TORAUS TXC491-020130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 759 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT 758 PM RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN BERTRAM AND LIBERTY HILL. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 1, 3:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ036-037-012000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 400 PM CDT MON JUN 01 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MILAM...BURLESON... LEE...BASTROP AND FAYETTE CO!UNTIES... AT 355 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... FROM FLATONIA TO HOUSTON AND LUFKIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ036-037-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 355 PM CDT MON JUN 01 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MILAM...BURLESON... LEE...BA%STROP AND FAYETTE COUNTIES... AT 355 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... FROM FLATONIA TO HOUSTON AND LUFKIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LUN
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ030-034>036-012240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 440 PM CDT MON JUN 01 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN LLANO COUNTY... AT 435 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY BETWEEN LAKE BUCHANAN...MARBLE FALLS AND LLANO. OTHER STORMS HAD FORMED JUST EAST OF SAN ANGELO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG W INDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS ON LAKE BUCHANAN SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND OR WARNINGS. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:28 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
TXZ035-039-040-020230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 725 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR BANDERA...COMAL... GUADALUPE...GONZALES...KENDALL...KERR AND REAL COUNTIES. SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. AT THIS TIME...NO WEATHER OF CONSEQUENCE IS OCCURRING IN THE ABOVE- MENTIONED COUNTIES. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE INDICATED BY RADAR TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF AUSTIN AND TO THE WEST OF DEL RIO. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA THIS EVENING...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS FOR THE VERY LATEST IN WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. REMEMBER...BESIDES CONTAINING LQARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADVANCE WARNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 108 min |
| Jun 2, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | La Salle | 49 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.