Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1992, 9:12 PM CDT for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1992, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harris County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHOU 200212 TORHOU TXC201-200245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 912 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...HARRIS COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE AT BELLARIE AND ADDICS CLODINE. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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, Apr 19, 3:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ048-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 315 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND THEIR COASTAL WATERS. THE TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS...SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND MARINERS ARE URGED TO TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS...AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND cLOCAL RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ047-049-047-047-037-047-032-046-049-045-046-045-032-045-047- 037-047-192245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 340 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 NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 9PM CDT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES ALL THE COUNTOES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. RESIDENTS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING AND UNSTABLE WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OCURRING. AT 330PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL FROM LUFKIN TO CONROE. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTED FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA AREA EXISTED FROM AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO WHICH PRODUCED 1 INCH HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNING3S.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ047-049-047-047-037-047-032-046-049-045-046-045-032-045-047- 037-047-192245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 340 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 NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 9PM CDT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES ALL THE COUNTOES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. RESIDENTS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING AND UNSTABLE WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OCURRING. AT 330PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL FROM LUFKIN TO CONROE. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTED FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA AREA EXISTED FROM AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO WHICH PRODUCED 1 INCH HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNING>S.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>049-192247- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 340 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 NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 9PM CDT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES ALL THE COUNTOES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. RESIDENTS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING AND UNSTABLE WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OCCURRING. AT 330 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL FROM LUFKIN TO CONROE. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTED FROM COLLEGE ST-ATION TO VICTORIA AREA EXISTED FROM AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO WHICH PRODUCED 1 INCH HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 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, 17 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, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 69 min |
| Apr 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 52 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
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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.