Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1992, 8:07 PM CDT for Chambers County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1992, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chambers County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLS 270107 TORGLS TXC071-270200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 807 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...CHAMBERS COUNTY ...INCLUDING GALVESTON BAY... ...AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT BOLIVAR TO HIGH ISLAND... RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS FORMING NEAR ANAHUAC. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. 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 26, 3:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ037-047-032-046-045-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 320 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR THE COUNTIES OF HARRIS... BRAZORIA... FORT BEND... HOUSTON... TRINITY... GRIMES... LIBERTY... MATAGORDA... MONTGOMERY... POLK... SAN JACINTO...WALKER AND WALLER. THE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF MATAGORDA AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES. AT 315 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM MONTOGOMERY TO DE RIDER LOUISIANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORAVLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE. STAY TU NED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ047-049-037-032-046-045-270015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 520 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AUSTIN...COLORADO...BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...GRIMES...HARRIS... MATAGORDA...MONTOGOMERY...WALKER...WALLEN...WASHINGTON AND WHARTON COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR HOUSTON...TRINITY...LIBERTY...POLK AND SAN JACINTO COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 510 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM NEAR SAN ANTONIO TO CONROE AND THEN TO NEAR DE RIDER LOUISIANA. A SEVERRE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF SAN ANTONIO HAS PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL DURING THE PAST HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTENING STRIKES A POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE READY TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS AND INFORMATION SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
TXZ048-270100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 615 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND THE COASTAL WATERS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR BRAZORIA AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES AND COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 11 PM CDT. AT 615 PM... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE SOUTHERN LOUISIANA COAST TO JUST NORTH OF HOUSTON AND WERE MOVING EAST WHILE SINKING SLOWLY SOUTH. FOR THE REST OF THIS EARLY EVENING CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:30 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
TXZ047-049-037-032-046-045-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 730 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR AUSTIN...COLORADO...BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...GRIMES...HARRIS... MATAGORDA...MONTOGOMERY...WALKER...WALLEN...WASHINGTON AND WHARTON COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR POLK... TRINITY...LIBERTY...HOUSTON AND SAN JACINTO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 725 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM WEST OF HALLETSVILLE THROUGH SOUTHEAST HOUSTON TO PORT ARTHUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTENING STRIKES A POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE READY TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.4 STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS AND INFORMATION SOURCES 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 37 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.