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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 8, 1992Archer County, Clay County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1992, 6:34 PM CST for Archer County, Clay County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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
Mar 8, 1992, 6:34 PM CST (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1992, 7:30 PM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Archer County, TX, Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 8, 6:39 PM CSTHail 1Wichita, TX
Mar 8, 7:00 PM CSTHail 0.75Clay, 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

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1010 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 6:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor56 min
Mar 8, 7:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor69 min
Mar 8, 8:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Taylor69 min
Mar 8, 9:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack68 min
Mar 8, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise65 min
Mar 8, 9:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman59 min
Mar 8, 10:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton60 min
Mar 8, 11:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker67 min
Mar 9, 6:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell67 min
Mar 9, 6:43 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDBell, McLennan62 min
Mar 9, 7:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan37 min
Mar 9, 8:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Wood4 hr
Mar 9, 8:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins, Rains, Van Zandt4 hr
Mar 9, 8:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro60 min
Mar 9, 12:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Titus5 hr
Mar 9, 12:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDMorris, Upshur5 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.