Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 1992, 11:55 AM CST for Harris County, Liberty County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 1992, 11:55 AM CST (17:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 1992, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHOU 041754 FFWHOU TXC201-291-042000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1155 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...EASTERN HARRIS COUNTY...LIBERTY COUNTY AT 12 NOON CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH FORT BEND COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RATE ACROSS WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE LIVING IN FORT BEND...HARRIS AND LIBERTY COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Mar 4, 11:39 AM CST, 16 minutes before
TXZ049-047-046-042300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
1140 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH
FOR MUCH SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MATAGORDA...
WHARTON... FORT BEND... BRAZORIA... HARRIS... LIBERTY AND POLK.
THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COASTAL WATERS OF MATAGORDA AND BRAZORIA
COUNTIES.
AT 1140 AM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NORTH OF
LUFKIN TO SOUTH OF VICTORIA. STRONG SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS AHEAD OF
THIS LINE ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER WEST TEXAS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE
FORMATION OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION
SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Mar 4, 11:52 AM CST, 3 minutes before
TXZ048-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 1148 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING GALVESTON BAY. AT 1140 AM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NORTH OF LUFKIN TO SOUTH OF VICTORIA. STRONG SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS AHEAD OF THIS LINE ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WEST TEXAS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 4, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 56 min |
| Mar 4, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 65 min |
| Mar 4, 1:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Harris | 63 min |
| Mar 4, 7:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 61 min |
| Mar 4, 11:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 20 min |
| Mar 4, 1:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 5 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.