Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1992, 2:25 AM CDT for Fannin County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1992, 2:25 AM CDT (07:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1992, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fannin County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 754 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 060724 SVRFTW TXC147-231-060830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 225 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...FANNIN COUNTY...HUNT COUNTY AT 220 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE OVER EASTERN GRAYSON COUNTY NEAR BELLS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO COLLIN COUNTY NEAR MCKINNEY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS FANNIN AND HUNT COUNTIES BETWEEN 225 AND 335 AM THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 3 hours 46 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 11:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ021-022-025-026-060540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1140 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 1135 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT STEPHENVILLE INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE...MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR HASKEL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. WEST-NORTHWEST MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS WERE DRIVING THE STORMS IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH 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 TUNEDS TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
TXZ021-022-023-026-027-060645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1245 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 2 AM. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WICHITA FALLS...SEYMOUR...GAINESVILLE...DECATUR...AND DENTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 6 AM. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DALLAS/FT WORTH...PARIS...CLARKSVILLE...AND MT PLEASANT. AT 1230 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF WICHITA FALLS TO ARCHER CITY TO NORTH OF HASKELL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND TORNADOES. WIND SPEEDS REACHED 45 MPH AT WICHITA FALLS DURING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hardeman | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Stonewall | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Stonewall | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Hunt, Rockwall | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson, Somervell | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 69 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.