Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1992, 10:08 PM CDT for Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Chambers, 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 00:00Z, 3.1 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
- 1436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
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, Apr 19, 4:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>049-192245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 445 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE HOUSTON AND GALVESTON METROPOLITAN AREAS UNTIL 9PM CDT... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR POLK COUNTY HAS NOW EXPIRED... AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD COLORADO... AUSTIN AND WASHINGTON FROM THE WEST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS SOME HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD APPROCH COLUMBUS...BELLVILLE AND BRENHAM BY 515 PM AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD AGAIN REGAIN INTENSITY AND COULD RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARN INGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 8:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ048-200400- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 850 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNAD WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 845 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A 25 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES EAST OF LUFKIN TO SUGARLAND TO PALACIOS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOS... STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS...SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND MARINERS ARE URGED TO TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS...AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND LOCAL RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 69 min |
| Apr 19, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 2 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.