Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1992, 12:39 AM CDT for Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 29, 1992, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1992, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Navarro County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:00 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Navarro, 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 653 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
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 severe thunderstorm 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 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-280045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 635 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES WILL BE CANCELLED AT 700 PM CDT... AT 626 PM CDT RAINFALL WAS NO LONGER OVER ANY PORTION OF CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO EAST TEXAS. THIS WILL BE THE LAST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE WACO OFFICpE UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS OR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL REDEVELOPS...OR MOVES INTO THE AREA. 07
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ019>033-290500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 700 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR PART OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX... UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS WATCH REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT. THE TORNADO WATCH IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN ALBANY TO KAUFMAN LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX... AS WELL AS WICHITA FALLS AND SHERMAN. AT 655 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING JUST EAST OF WICHITA FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE DALLAS/ FORT WORTH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AREA...DUE TO A WARM FRONT STRETCHING FROM LUFKIN TO FORT WORTH TO WICHITA FALLS...AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ENHANCE SEVERE WEATHER...AND CAUSE THE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TEXARKANA TO PARIS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 9:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-290400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 951 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 3 AM CDT. AT 945 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF FORT WORTH AREA. OTHER SHOWERS WERE LOCATED FROM MESQUITE TO WEATHERFORD AND FROM COMANCHE TO BROWNWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM MAY EFFECT HILL COUNTY BY 1015 PM. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS...A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS BRINGING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND A INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ACROSS THE AREA. < TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY YUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wilbarger | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan, Coleman | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 68 min |
| Apr 29, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.