Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 1992, 8:11 AM CST for Polk County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Nov 24, 1992, 8:11 AM CST (14:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 1992, 8:52 AM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Polk County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 8:46 AM CST | Hail 1.5 | Polk, 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 24, 3:43 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045-047-241100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 345 AM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 340 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED ON A LINE 15 MILES WEST OF COLLEGE STATION TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRENHAM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWN OF BRENHAM WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE BREIF HEAVY RAINFALL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 4:31 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045-047-241130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 431 AM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GRIMES... WALKER... MONTGOMERY... HOUSTON AND TRINITY COUNTIES... AT 425 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED ON A LINE 10 MILES WEST OF MADISONVILLE TO 5 MILES EAST OF NAVASOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF HUNTSVILLE AND TRINTIY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE BREIF HEAVY RAINFALL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 5:25 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>047-241230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 525 AM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH HOUSTON... TRINITY... AND POLK COUNTIES... AT 520 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED ON A LINE FROM CROCKETT TO TRINITY TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF LIVINGSTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF LIVINGSTON... GROVETON AND CORRIGAN WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED 10 MILES WEST AND 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRENHAM AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE BREIF HEAVY RAINFALL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 6:40 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>047-241330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 635 AM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH GRIMES COUNTY... AT 630 AM...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF ANDERSON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING AT 40 TO 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HUNTSVILLE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WERE 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRENHAM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE BREIF HEAVY RAINFALL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND( SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 7:45 AM CST, 26 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>047-241430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 745 AM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN GRIMES... WALKER... MONTGOMERY... POLK... AND SAN JACINTO COUNTIES. AT 740 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF HUNTSVILLE... 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON AND 5 MILES EAST OF LIVINGSTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN IN SECTIONS OF GRIMES...SAN JACINTO AND WALKER COUNTIES IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THE NORTH AT 40 TO 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HUNTSVILLE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS BETWEEN TOMBALL AND SPRING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE BREIF HEAVY RAINFALL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OHR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 7:50 AM CST, 21 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>047-241430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT.CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 750 AM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN GRIMES... WALKER... MONTGOMERY... POLK... AND SAN JACINTO COUNTIES. AT 740 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF HUNTSVILLE... 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON AND 5 MILES EAST OF LIVINGSTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN IN SECTIONS OF GRIMES...SAN JACINTO AND WALKER COUNTIES IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HUNTSVILLE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS BETWEEN TOMBALL AND SPRING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE BREIF HEAVY RAINFALL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE NOAA WEATHER RRADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 7:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto | 64 min |
| Nov 24, 8:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | San Jacinto | 64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.