Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1992, 9:56 PM CDT for Camp County, Franklin County, Hopkins County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports 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 11, 1992, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Camp County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Hopkins County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 10:19 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Camp, TX | |
| May 11, 10:56 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Franklin, 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
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, May 11, 4:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ031-112245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 442 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 426 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF EVANT TO EAST OF GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE CORYELL COUNTY LINE NEAR EVANT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST WISE COUNTY NEAR DECATUR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CORYELL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIESHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ031-112245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 442 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 426 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF EVANT TO EAST OF GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE CORYELL COUNTY LINE NEAR EVANT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST WISE COUNTY NEAR DECATUR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CORYELL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 6:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-120035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 635 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CORYELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... BRAZOS...FALLS...CORYELL...HILL...LEON...LIMESTONE...MADISON... MCLENNAN...AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 628 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CORYELL COUNTY OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GATESVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CORYELL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RQAIN ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rockwall | 40 min |
| May 11, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 61 min |
| May 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 60 min |
| May 11, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 67 min |
| May 11, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Red River | 63 min |
| May 11, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 63 min |
| May 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 68 min |
| May 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt, Wood | 68 min |
| May 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus | 68 min |
| May 11, 8:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 5 hr |
| May 11, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 63 min |
| May 11, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Hunt | 61 min |
| May 11, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 61 min |
| May 11, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Rains | 25 min |
| May 11, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Rains, Wood | 63 min |
| May 11, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 58 min |
| May 11, 9:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 4 hr |
| May 11, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur | 64 min |
| May 11, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith, Wood | 56 min |
| May 11, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 61 min |
| May 11, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains | 61 min |
| May 11, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 61 min |
| May 11, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| May 11, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Morris | 3 hr |
| May 11, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 61 min |
| May 11, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman | 48 min |
| May 11, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt, Wood | 63 min |
| May 12, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Wood | 40 min |
| May 12, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 53 min |
| May 12, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 41 min |
| May 12, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 56 min |
| May 12, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 56 min |
| May 12, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 29 min |
| May 12, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 64 min |
| May 12, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 62 min |
| May 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 59 min |
| May 12, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 63 min |
| May 12, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 59 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.