Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 1992, 1:53 PM CDT for Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
- May 4, 1992, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1992, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Galveston County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1091 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLS 041853 TORGLS TXC167-042000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 153 PM CDT MON MAY 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...SOUTHERN GALVESTON COUNTY ...INCLUDING GALVESTON BAY... ...AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN LUIS PASS TO EAST BEACH... AT 150 PM CDT...A WATERSPOUT WAS JUST NORTH OF PELICAN ISLAND AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BA SEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. NNNN
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, May 4, 9:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ048-041600- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 905 AM CDT MON MAY 4 1992 ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR GALVESTON BAY AREA... THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM GALVESTON TO 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND WILL BE AROUND THE GALVESTON BAY AREA FOR MOST OF TODAY. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORAbBLE FOR WATERSPOUTS TO FORM TODAY...AND ALONG WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
Special weather statement, May 4, 12:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ049-047-046-045-041915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1217 PM CDT MON MAY 4 1992 AT 1215 PM...RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. HEAVIER SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES ACROSS SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY FROM NEAR BAYTOWN WESTWARD THROUGH ALIEF INTO WALLER COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF NEW HEAVY SHOWER DEVELOPMENT WAS IN NORTHERN WHARTON COUNTY. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT...BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OF OVER AN INCH IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE SHOWERS. BETWEEN 1230 AND 230 PM...THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WHARTON...FORT BEND...SOUTHERN HARRIS...AND NORTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, May 4, 1:47 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
TXZ048-042100- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 140 PM CDT MON MAY 4 1992 ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR GALVESTON BAY AREA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY SINCE 100 PM OVER CHAMBERS COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING GALVESTON BAY AND WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED A WATERSPOUT NEAR CRYSTAL BEACH AT 1 PM AND FURTHER WATERSPOUT DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING OVER GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT WATERS. PERSONS IN GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES...AND MARINERS ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING GALVESTON BAY...SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY.
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.