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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 16, 1992Wilson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1992, 8:27 PM CDT for Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1992, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Wilson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1821 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1821 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 170128
TORSAT
TXC493-170230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
827 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...WILSON COUNTY
 
AT 825 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND TWO MILES WEST OF
FLORESVILLE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION
TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES.  GO TO YOUR BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF
BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD.  DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES.  GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING.
 
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS.  GET TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW!=  STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS...BUT GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND CARS.  IF DAMAGE OCCURS NEAR YOU...DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO WALK AROUND IN THE DARK.  THERE MAY BE DOWNED POWER LINES.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa44 min
May 16, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop2 hr
May 16, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson4 hr
May 16, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales4 hr
May 16, 9:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Lee3 hr
May 16, 11:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Karnes, La Salle, McMullen4 hr
May 17, 1:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca116 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.