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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 558, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 31, 1992Hood County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 1992, 6:19 PM CST for Hood County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Oct 31, 1992, 6:19 PM CST (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 1992, 7:15 PM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hood 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, Oct 31, 4:37 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
TXZ019>033-010400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
435 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF
NORTH TEXAS...

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS
BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY PARIS AND MONTAGUE AND ON THE SOUTH BY
FRANKILIN...TEMPLE...AND BRADY. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA
INCLUDE STEPHENVILLE...PARIS...GAINESVILLE...BONHAM...DENTON...
WEATHERFORD...SHERMAN...HAMILTON...CORSICANA... AND THE DALLAS FORT
WORTH METROPLEX.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME EASTERN SECTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM FOR AREAS EAST OF A CLARKSVILLE QUITMAN LINE.
CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
CLARKSVILLE...PITTSBURGH...AND DANGERFIELD.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT A BROKEN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS THE MIDSECTION OF
NORTH TEXAS AT 420 PM.

A DRY LINE FEATURE HAD DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AS A RESULT OF THE
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS PULLING GULF MOISTURE INTO THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN SECTIONS AND SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW BRINGING DRIER AIR INTO THE
WESTERN SECTIONS. AT 420 PM...THE DRY LINE WAS SERVING AS A FOCUS FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG ITS POSITION FROM GAINESVILLE...
TO JUST WEST OF MINERAL WELLS...TO JUNCTION. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM BANGS TO MAY IN BROWN COUNTY AT 430 PM AND ALSO BETWEEN
RISING STAR AND DELEON.

AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED IN THE WATCH AREAS.
HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 5:01 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 31, 5:02 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
TXZ031-037-010000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
501 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR BELL...BOSQUE...
CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...LIMESTONE AND MCLENNON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AT 448 PM CST NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST
OF STEPHENVILLE IN ERATH COUNTY TO WEST OF BROWNWOOD IN BROWN COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ALONG WITH A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
TROUGH IS APPROACHING CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE WEST.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AND SHOULD REACH
CENTRAL TEXAS LATER THIS EVENING.  PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  PARENTS
OF CHILDREN TRICK OR TREATING TONIGHT S*HOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 5:10 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TXZ019>033-010400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
510 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992

... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR
COMANCHE AND ERATH COUNTIES...

AT 508 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED EASTERN SECTIONS OF COMANCHE COUNTY  FROM RUCKER
TO COMYN JUST EAST OF DELEON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY AND WILL BE BETWEEN SIDNEY AND MERCERS
GAP BY 530 PM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA IS
BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY PARIS AND MONTAGUE AND ON THE SOUTH BY
FRANKLIN AND BRADY.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATI`ON.
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 5:29 PM CST, 50 minutes before
TXZ019>033-010400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
530 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992

... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR
COMANCHE AND ERATH COUNTIES...

AT 520 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM IN COMANCHE COUNTY FROM JUST EAST OF MERCERS GAP TO JUST
WEST OF COMANCHE. OTHER STORNG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WRE LOCATED
NEAR BEATTIE AND IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THIS
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO ERATH COUNTY AND WAS LOCATED BETWEEN
DESDEMONA AND DUBLIN.

WITH THE MOVEMENT OF NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR THE STORM ENTERING
ERATH COUNTY SHOULD ENTER STEPHENVILLE BY 545 PM.

ANOTHER STORNG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WISE COUNTY BETWEEN
BRIDGEPORT AND PARADISE AT 520 PM AND SHOULD PASS JUST NORTH OF
DECATUR BY 545 PM. THIS WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA IS
BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY PARIS AND MONTAGUE AND ON THE SOUTH BY
FRANKLIN AND BRADY.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 5:41 PM CST, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 6:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche56 min
Oct 31, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath66 min
Oct 31, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
Oct 31, 7:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson66 min
Oct 31, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman69 min
Oct 31, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens69 min
Oct 31, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath65 min
Oct 31, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto65 min
Oct 31, 10:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Coleman64 min
Oct 31, 11:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Johnson, Tarrant57 min
Oct 31, 11:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis62 min
Nov 1, 12:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson44 min
Nov 1, 12:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin66 min
Nov 1, 12:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin59 min
Nov 1, 1:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt53 min
Nov 1, 1:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar40 min
Nov 1, 1:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins46 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.