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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 449, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 30, 1992Hardeman County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1992, 6:49 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 1992, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hardeman County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1041 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1041 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.