Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1992, 11:30 AM CST for Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Mar 5, 1992, 11:30 AM CST (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1992, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 11:45 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Galveston, 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 2252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 5, 7:58 AM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ048-051800- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 755 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG FOR GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... PATCHY DENSE FOG WAS REDUCING THE VISIBILITY OVER GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATER FROM NEAR ZERO TO 1 MILE. AT 750 AM THE VISIBILITY IN DOWNTOWN GALVESTON WAS 1/8 OF A MILE. THE FOG WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MID MORNING THEN CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CARE ON THE HIGHWAYS BY SLOWING DOWN WHEN APPROACHING DENSER FOG PATCHES AND USING LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND/OR FLASHERS. MARINERS WITHOUT NAVIGATIONAL AIDS SHOUlLD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE VISIBILITY IMPROVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AS NEEDED.
Local storm report, Mar 5, 9:38 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
940 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992
TIME COUNTY EVENT
730 AM WALLER TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT BROOKSHIRE. ROOF DAMAGE
TO SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
1100 AM FORT BEND THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR REPORTED BY
THE MAYOR OF SIMONTON IN NORTHWEST FORT BEND
COUNTY. CLAIMED THAT HE NEVER HAD SEEN THAT
MUCH WATER IN HIS FRONT YARD.
1200 PM HARRIS ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL PER HOUR REPORTED BY
SEVERAL OBSERVERS...MAINLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. ROADS BECAME
IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING OF BAYOUS. ALL BUT
TWO ROADS LEADING OUT OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON
BECAME CLOSED WITHIN AN HOUR. LARGE NUMBER OF
HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR BAYOUS FLOODED. STORM
TOTALS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES WERE COMMON ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
OF OVER NINE INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS.
100 PM LIBERTY ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES MOVED INTO
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. IN EXCESS OF FIVE
INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN CLEVELAND THROUGH THE AFTER-
NOON. FLOODING REPORXTED ACROSS NORTHERN PART OF
COUNTY.Special weather statement, Mar 5, 9:49 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
TXZ048-051800- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 944 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...RAIN AND SMALL HAIL OCCURRING OVER GALVESTON ISLAND... A SMALL THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE WEST END OF GALVESTON ISLAND AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING UP TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS OVER THE ISLAND BY 1000 AM A ND ENTER THE NORTHERN GULF. MARINERS SHOULD SEEK A SAFE HARBOR.
Local storm report, Mar 5, 9:51 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
940 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992
TIME COUNTY ...EVENTS FROM YESTERDAY MARCH 4...
730 AM WALLER TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT BROOKSHIRE. ROOF DAMAGE
TO SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
1100 AM FORT BEND THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR REPORTED BY
THE MAYOR OF SIMONTON IN NORTHWEST FORT BEND
COUNTY. CLAIMED THAT HE NEVER HAD SEEN THAT
MUCH WATER IN HIS FRONT YARD.
1200 PM HARRIS ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL PER HOUR REPORTED BY
SEVERAL OBSERVERS...MAINLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. ROADS BECAME
IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING OF BAYOUS. ALL BUT
TWO ROADS LEADING OUT OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON
BECAME CLOSED WITHIN AN HOUR. LARGE NUMBER OF
HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR BAYOUS FLOODED. STORM
TOTALS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES WERE COMMON ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
OF OVER NINE INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS.
100 PM LIBERTY ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES MOVED INTO
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. IN EXCESS OF FIVE
INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN CLEVELAND THROUGH THE AFTER-
NOON. FLOODING REPORTED ACROSS NORTHERN PART OF
COUNTY.
...CORRECTED TO CLARIFY DATE OF EVENT...The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Harris | 53 min |
| Mar 5, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 60 min |
| Mar 5, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk | 69 min |
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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.