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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 27, 1992Mitchell County, Scurry County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1992, 11:03 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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 27, 1992, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 11:25 PM CDTHail 1.75Scurry, 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 282 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
282 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon47 min
May 27, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson59 min
May 28, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell, Scurry37 min
May 28, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Nolan57 min
May 28, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson55 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.