Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1992, 12:41 PM CDT for Jackson County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1992, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1992, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 3426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 061742 TORVCT TXC239-061845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1241 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC THRU THE EDNA SHERIFFS OFFICE ON THE WEST SIDE OF EDNA MOVING SOUTH. THE TORNADO TOOK OFF THE ROOF OF THE GRAND MOTEL ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 1230 PM CDT. 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 6, 7:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-061330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 705 AM CDT SAT JUNE 6 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LAMPASAS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS OVER BURNET AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 7 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS FROM BLANCO TO MARBLE FALLS...ROUND ROCK AND CAMERON. HEAVY RAINS WERE NEAR BURNET AND HUTTO. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH MERGERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN BURNET COUTNY AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE OCCURING OVER THAT PART OF THE COUNTY WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOURS TIME. AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH BLANCO...TRAVIS...LEE BURLESON COUNTIES EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SOME LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS TO FLOOD AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED NEVER TO CROSS A FLOOED ROAD.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038-039-061400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 740 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... AT 735 AM CDT...HONDO RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE HILL COUNTRY COUNTIES OF EDWARDS...KERR...KENDALL AND COMAL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...FORMED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH ORIGINATED ALONG THE OKLAHOMA-TEXAS BORDER LATE FRIDAY EVENING AND MOVED SWIFTLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING. THE ARRIVAL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT A SUDDEN WIND SHIFT WHEN THEY MOVED THROUGH AUSTIN A SHORT TIME AGO. PERSONS IN THE HILL COUNTRY...ESPECIALLY BOATERS ON AREA LAKES... SHOULD BE ALERT TO APPROACHING WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK A PLACE OF SHELTER. SUDDEN WIND SHIFTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-061330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 807 AM CDT SAT JUNE 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER BLANCO...TRAVIS...BASTROP AND HAYS COUNTIES... AT 8 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS FROM BLANCO TO AUSTIN...ELGIN AND CALDWELL. HEAVY RAINS WERE NEAR DRIPPING SPRINGS... AUSTIN AND ELGIN. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALLS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR... AS WAS THE CASE AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH BURNET COUNTY WERE IN THE TOWN OF WATSON 1.47 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORED IN ONE HOURS TIME. ALSO EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THRESE STORMS. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SOME LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS TO FLOOD AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED NEVER TO CROSS A FLOOED ROAD. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-061530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 915 AM CDT SAT JUNE 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SCATTERED HEAVY RAINS OVER HAYS...CALDWELL...BASTROP LEE...BURLESON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES... AT 910 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS FROM JOHNSON CITY...TO SAN MARCOS...LOCKHART...GIDDINGS AND COLLEGE STATION. THE HEAVY RAINS WERE NEAR SAN MARCOS...KYLE AND GIDDINGS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS HAD DEVELOPED IN THE HILL COUNTRY FROM BURNET TO LAKE BUCHANAN AND SAN SABA. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE RAIN WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH AUSTIN ABOUT 3/4 OF AN INCH WAS RECORED IN A SHORT P~ERIOD...SOME TOTAL COULD REACH BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE LIKELY...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-061615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1005 AM CDT SAT JUNE 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 1000 AM...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE FROM NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO TO LOCKHART...WAELDER... AND HALLETTSVILLE...TO BETWEEN COLLEGE STATION AND HOUSTON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE HILL COUNTRY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD. CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS OR FLOOD DRAINAGE DITCHES. WH
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-061815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1115 AM CDT SAT JUNE 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 1110 AM...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SAN ANTONIO TO BASTROP TO CAMERON. THE STONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE FROM CUERO TO COLUMBUS TO BETWEEN HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Victoria | 4 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.