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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 6, 1992Fannin County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 754 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman58 min
Jun 5, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard61 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, 2:41 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

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.