Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1992, 6:41 PM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
- May 11, 1992, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bell County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:03 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Bell, TX | |
| May 11, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Bell, 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KACT 112342 TORACT TXC027-120045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 641 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BELL COUNTY AT 641 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF KILLEEN MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 11, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ019>033-120200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 235 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THAT PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM PARIS TO HILLSBORO TO COLEMAN TO HENRIETTA. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE SHERMAN... DECATUR...WEATHERFORD... MINERAL WELLS...STEPHENVILLE...CLEBURNE... WAXAHACHIE...AND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BRYAN...CARTER...CHOCTAW... JOHNSTON....LOVE...AND MARSHALL. THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE RED RIVER EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OKLAHOMA WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY AT 216 PM IN MURRAY COUNTY OF OKLAHOMA JUST EAST OF SULPHUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM FOR LOVE COUNTY AND UNTIL 345 PM FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ON THE RED RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF MARIETTA OKLAHOMA AND THE TISHOMINGO AREA WITH MOVEMENT TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF A LINE FROM BRIDGEPORT TO MINERAL WELLS WITH THESE TRACKING EASTWARD. IN THE EVENING HOURS...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE METROPLEX AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITION ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVER THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LICSTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS STATION AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, May 11, 3:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ019>033-112145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 340 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 330 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE ACTIVITY WAS ALONG A LINE FROM THE RED RIVER NEAR SHERMAN SOUTHWEST TO DECATUR...STEPHENVILLE...AND GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NORTH OF THE RED RIVER IN LOVE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOVE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM. UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL... HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS THREATENING THE NORTHWEST PART OF LAKE TEXOMA. BOATERS SHOULD LEAVE THE WATER IMMEDIATELY. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THAT PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM PARIS TO HILLSBORO TO COLEMAN TO HENRIETTA. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE SHERMAN... DECATUR...WEATHERFORD... MINERAL WELLS...STEPHENVILLE...CLEBURNE... WAXAHACHIE...AND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 800 PM. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE OKLAHOMA COUNTIES OF BRYAN...CARTER...CHOCTAW... JOHNSON...LOVE...AND MARSHALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 11, 3:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ031-112145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 343 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 338 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN HILL OR BOSQUE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAD FORMED OVER MILLS AND SAN SABA COUNTIES FROM RICHLAND SPRINGS TO GOLDTHWAITE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER OKLAHOMA AND SURFACE TROUGHS OVER WEST TEXAS AND EXTYREME NORTH TEXAS SHOULD COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT SURFACE MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ031-112245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 442 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 426 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF EVANT TO EAST OF GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE CORYELL COUNTY LINE NEAR EVANT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST WISE COUNTY NEAR DECATUR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CORYELL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIESHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
TXZ031-112245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 442 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 426 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF EVANT TO EAST OF GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE CORYELL COUNTY LINE NEAR EVANT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST WISE COUNTY NEAR DECATUR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CORYELL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 6:39 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-120035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 635 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CORYELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... BRAZOS...FALLS...CORYELL...HILL...LEON...LIMESTONE...MADISON... MCLENNAN...AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 628 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CORYELL COUNTY OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GATESVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CORYELL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RQAIN ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Scurry | 57 min |
| May 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher | 59 min |
| May 10, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 55 min |
| May 11, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Knox | 41 min |
| May 11, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 56 min |
| May 11, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 66 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 64 min |
| May 11, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 68 min |
| May 11, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt | 64 min |
| May 11, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 64 min |
| May 11, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 59 min |
| May 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fannin | 32 min |
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.