Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 21, 1992, 1:33 PM CST for Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports 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
- Nov 21, 1992, 1:33 PM CST (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 21, 1992, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wharton County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 1:40 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Wharton, TX | |
| Nov 21, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Wharton, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 307 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 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, Nov 21, 11:05 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>047-049-211800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1105 AM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 11 AM...A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WAS MOVING TOWARDS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WAS PRODUCING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM WACO TO CORPUS. THE NORTH END OF THE LINE WAS NEARLY STATIONARY WHILE THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE LINE BETWEEN COLLEGE STATION AND VICTORIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND TORNADOES. SO FAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 12:07 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>047-049-211900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1207 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY... AT 1150 AM...A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WAS MOVING TOWARDS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WAS PRODUCING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING WEST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO BAY CITY. THIS AREA WAS MOVING WEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AS THEY WERE APPROACHING. SO FAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO COLORADO...WASHINGTON... AND AUSTIN COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. KEEP UP WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...T.V...AND OTHER NEWS SOURCES AS WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 12:10 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>047-049-211900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1210 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY... AT 1150 AM...A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WAS MOVING TOWARDS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WAS PRODUCING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING WEST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO BAY CITY. THIS AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AS THEY WERE APPROACHING. SO FAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO COLORADO...WASHINGTON... AND AUSTIN COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. KEEP UP WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...T.V...AND OTHER NEWS SOURCES AS WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 12:38 PM CST, 55 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>047-049-220200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1238 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...HARRIS...HOUSTON...TRINITY POLK...GRIMES...WALKER...SAN JACINTO...WASHINGTON...MONTGOMERY...AUSTIN WALLER...LIBERTY...COLORADO...FORT BEND...WHARTON...MATAGORDA.. BRAZORIA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF BRAZORIA AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 1:02 PM CST, 31 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>047-049-212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 102 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS DOES INCLUDE THE HOUSTON AND GALVESTON METROPOLITAN AREAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1250 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN HOUSTON AND PALACIOS INCLUDING INLAND SECTIONS OF THE UPPER TEXAS COASBT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 1:08 PM CST, 25 minutes before
TXZ048-212200- SPECIAL AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 107 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 1 PM... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE GALVESTON BAY AREA NEAR 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. MARINERS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING A SAFE PORT PRIOR TLO THE ARRIVAL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOVAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Wharton | 46 min |
| Nov 21, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 55 min |
| Nov 21, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 62 min |
| Nov 21, 3:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 64 min |
| Nov 21, 3:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 57 min |
| Nov 21, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 56 min |
| Nov 21, 4:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk | 55 min |
| Nov 21, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 48 min |
| Nov 21, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 43 min |
| Nov 21, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 55 min |
| Nov 21, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 75 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.