Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1992, 6:59 PM CDT for Haskell County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 13, 1992, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haskell County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 6:59 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Haskell, 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 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 13, 2:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ021>023-027-028-132040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 240 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 7 PM CDT. AT 230 PM...WEATHER RADARS DOES NOT INDICATE ANY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT WAS NOT DETERMINED. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ019>033-132135
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
335 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE
EXTREME NORTHEAST PART OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED AT 325 PM
CDT.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT
FOR THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH AREA
ARE THE CITIES OF ABILENE...BROWNWOOD...COMANCHE AND BRECKENRIDGE.
AT 330 PM...WEATHER RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE DEVELOPING SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS
INCLUDING THOSE AREAS NEAR ABILENE...BROWNWOOD AND ABILENE. THERE HAS
HAS BEEN LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT. STRONG ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
ALSO DEVELOPING IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA JUST NORTH OF THE RED
RIVER...NORTH OF PARIS TEXAS.
SKIES WERE GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS.
HOWEVER...THE HIGH CIRRUS CLOUD SHIELD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE HILL COUNTRY WERE STARTING TO COVER THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS
OF NORTH TEXAS INCLUDING BROWNWOOD.
A WEAK AND NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED EAST-WEST
NEAR AND ALONG THE RED RIVER. AT THE UPPER LEVELS...A WEAK RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER THE LONE STAR STATE.
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS PREVAILED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WITH SPEEDS
IN THE 5 TO 15 MILE AN HOUR RANGE. AT 3 PM...TEMPERATURES WERE
IN THE MID 80S TO THE MIDDLE 90S. THE HIGHEST READINGS WERE IN THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA.
...FORECAST FOR NORTH TEXAS...
...TORNADO WATCH WESTERN PORTIONS TIL 10 PM THIS EVENING...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...A FEW SEVERE MAINLY THIS EVENING.
PARTLY CLOUDY...WARM...AND HUMID WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT 65 TO 70. HIGHS
BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 87 TO 92. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT 65 TO 72.Special weather statement, May 13, 4:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ019>033-132300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 440 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COMANCHE...EASTLAND... PALO PINTO...AND STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. AT 440 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY JUST NORTH OF BRECKENRIDGE IN STEPHENS COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA JUST NORTH OF BOTH SHERMAN AND PARIS. LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN NOTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGTNING. PERSONS LIVING NEAR BRECKENRIDGE...AND BETWEEN SHERMAN AND PARIS SHOULD BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Hill, McLennan | 69 min |
| May 12, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 62 min |
| May 12, 7:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell | 63 min |
| May 12, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 64 min |
| May 12, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 56 min |
| May 12, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brazos | 64 min |
| May 13, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 60 min |
| May 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 67 min |
| May 13, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry | 29 min |
| May 13, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher | 57 min |
| May 13, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones, Shackelford | 66 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.