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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 5, 1992Foard County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1992, 10:59 PM CDT for Foard County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1992, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Foard County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1376 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
1376 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
553 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
33.1

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The text

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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, Jun 5, 10:39 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
TXZ021-022-025-026-060440-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1035 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS UNTIL 2 AM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 2 AM. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF
GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DECATUR...DENTON...AND DALLAS/FORT WORTH.

AT 1030 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT STEPHENVILLE INDICATED A LINE OF
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS JUST NORTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ALTHOUGH NO PRECIPITATION WAS CURRENTLY INDICATED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
WICHITA FALLS COULD MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SOMETIME AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

NORTHWEST MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE STORMS
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. WITH LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY
WINDS FEEDING RICH MOISTURE INTO THE STORMS AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE
PRESENT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
SOUTHEAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND ENTER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman58 min
Jun 5, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox60 min
Jun 6, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Stonewall59 min
Jun 6, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton64 min
Jun 6, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay40 min
Jun 6, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke50 min
Jun 6, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens60 min
Jun 6, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise59 min
Jun 6, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Stonewall44 min
Jun 6, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton59 min
Jun 6, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker55 min
Jun 6, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson43 min
Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant66 min
Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood66 min
Jun 6, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin60 min
Jun 6, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Hunt, Rockwall65 min
Jun 6, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin65 min
Jun 6, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson, Somervell64 min
Jun 6, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath64 min
Jun 6, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar55 min
Jun 6, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt55 min
Jun 6, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman51 min
Jun 6, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill69 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.