Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1992, 8:02 PM CDT for Jackson County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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
- Apr 19, 1992, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:40 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Jackson, 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 200103 TORVCT TXC239-200200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 802 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AT 758 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE VICTORIA - JACKSON COUNTY LINE...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDNA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY...YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATUIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
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, Apr 19, 2:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038>041-054-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 240 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND A PART OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 230 PM CDT SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WATCH AREA FROM PLEASANTON TO COMFORT AND AUSTIN INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS THESE STORMS DEVELOPE AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA AT 20 TO 30 MPH. A STRONG COLDFRONT LOCATED FROM COLLEGE STATION TO NEAR LAREDO AT 230 PM CDT WAS MOVING STEADILY SOUTHEASTWARD INTO VERY UNSTABLE AIR OVER SOUTH TEXAS. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS IT PROGRESSES TOWARDS THE TEXAS COAST LATER TONIGHT. EVERYONE...ESPECIALLY THOSE INVOLVED IN TRAVEL OR IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS ATERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOULD MONITOR A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORM7ATION...AND KEEP ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WAETHER.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ036>037-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 600 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BURLESON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR BASTROP...LEE MILAM...BURLESON AND FAYETTE... AT 557 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HALLETTSVILLE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH BRENHAM TO EAST OF COLLEGE STATION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR... AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AS THE MAIN STORM CENTER PASS THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS. LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Local storm report, Apr 19, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
645 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992
...INTIAL LOCAL STORM REPORT FOR THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 19 1992...
TIME COUNTY EVENT
1440 WILLIAMSON 1/2 INCH HAIL AT HUTTO(WX OBSERVER)
1515 HAYS 1 INCH HAIL AT SAN MARCOS(TV-24)
MARBLE TO PINGPONG SIZE HAIL AT SAN MARCOS(PUBLIC/TROY)
1607 BASTROP BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT CEDAR CREEK(FFS EMPLOYEE)
1620 BASTROP 2-23/4 INCH HAIL AT BASTROP 3E(FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE)
1620 BASTROP GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT BASTROP 1S(SHERIFF)
1620 CALDWELL GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT MAXWELL(SHERIFF)
1621 BASTROP 1-11/2 INCH HAIL COVERED THE ROAD NEAR
NEAR BASTROP(HAM RADIO)
1656 FAYETTE 3/4 INCH HAIL AT LA GRANGE(HAM RADIO)
CITY REPORTED BY TV-24 WEATHER WATCHER
1735 WILLIAMSON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT LIBERTY HILL REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
1809 WILLIAMSON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN GEORGTOWN REPORTED BY HAMM SPOTTER
AND A NWS OBSEVER.
1920 WILLIAMSON NEAR LEANDER 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY HAMM SPOTTER
1922 WILLIAMSON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT LIBERTY HILL FOR THE SECOND TIME
IN THREE HOURS REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE.
...STORM SYSTEM DURING THE MORNING OF 3/9/1992...
TIME COUNTY EVENT
0210 GILLESPIE 60 MPH WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OBSERVED IN DOSS AS REPORTED
BY THE GILLESPIE SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0245 LLANO QUARTER AND A FEW HALF-DOLLAR SIZE HAILSTONES SOUTH OF
THE CITY OF LLANO AS REPORTED BY THE LLANO SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0510 GILLESPIE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN DOSS AS REPORTED BY THE GILLESPIE
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0538 LLANO SEVERAL TREES DOWNED WITH SOME PARTS OF TIN ROOFS BLOWN
OFF...WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH IN THE KINGSLAND AREA
AS REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN KINGSLAND.
.END LUNALocal storm report, Apr 19, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TO DELETE OLD STORM REPORTS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
645 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992
...INTIAL LOCAL STORM REPORT FOR THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 19 1992...
TIME COUNTY EVENT
1440 WILLIAMSON 1/2 INCH HAIL AT HUTTO(WX OBSERVER)
1515 HAYS 1 INCH HAIL AT SAN MARCOS(TV-24)
MARBLE TO PINGPONG SIZE HAIL AT SAN MARCOS(PUBLIC/TROY)
1607 BASTROP BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT CEDAR CREEK(FFS EMPLOYEE)
1620 BASTROP 2-23/4 INCH HAIL AT BASTROP 3E(FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE)
1620 BASTROP GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT BASTROP 1S(SHERIFF)
1620 CALDWELL GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT MAXWELL(SHERIFF)
1621 BASTROP 1-1/2 INCH HAIL COVERED THE ROAD NEAR BASTROP
(HAM RADIO)
1656 FAYETTE 3/4 INCH HAIL AT LA GRANGE(HAM RADIO)
CITY REPORTED BY TV-24 WEATHER WATCHER
END.
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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.