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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 497, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 20, 1992Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 1992, 8:14 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 1992, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cooke County, TX

The text

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

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, Sep 20, 5:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ019>033-210200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
550 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 1992

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR
ALL BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS.
THE SLIGHT RISK INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABILENE...BROWNWOOD...
STEPHENVILLE...DALLAS-FORT WORTH...SHERMAN...PARIS...AND
SULPHUR SPRINGS.

AT 500 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY FORMING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
SURFACE FRONT LOCATED FROM EAST OF CHILDRESS TO NEAR SANDERSON.
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING WERE IN THE 90S OVER NORTH TEXAS...AND THIS
WILL ENHANCE THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY DAMAGING
WINDS.  IN ADDITION...SOME LOW LEVEL VEERING OF THE WINDS HAS BEEN
DETECTED IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...SO THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW TORNADOES
CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTERS IN THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA SHOULD KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 6:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
TXZ019>033-210010-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
610 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 1992

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS NORTH AND WEST OF A SHERMAN...DENTON...JACKSBORO...
HASKELL LINE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. THE COUNTIES OF COOKE...DENTON...
GRAYSON...AND WISE ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

AT 605 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY
RAIN...WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND TORNADOES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TXZ019>033-210105-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
705 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 1992

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS NORTH AND WEST OF A SHERMAN...DENTON...JACKSBORO...
HASKELL LINE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. THE COUNTIES OF COOKE...DENTON...
GRAYSON...AND WISE ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

AT 700 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY
RAIN...WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND TORNADOES.

STAY TUfNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 8:04 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDClay27 min
Sep 20, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher56 min
Sep 20, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung42 min
Sep 21, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant61 min
Sep 21, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas59 min
Sep 21, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls64 min
Sep 21, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell55 min
Sep 21, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis42 min
Sep 21, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls68 min

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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.