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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 14, 1992Lamar County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 5:47 PM CDT for Lamar County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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
Jul 14, 1992, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lamar County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 6:10 PM CDTHail 1.75Lamar, 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

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1166 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 142247
SVRFTW
TXC277-142345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
547 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF PARIS.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.