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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1992, 9:05 PM CDT for Rains County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rains County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Rains, TX | |
| May 11, 9:30 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Rains, 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 120207 TORFTW TXC379-120230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 905 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...RAINS COUNTY AT 905 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES SWOUTHWEST OF EMORY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF EMORY AND TOWARD LAKE FORK RESERVOIR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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, 3:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 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, 5 hours 20 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, 4 hours 22 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, 4 hours 20 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 hours 26 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 11, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rockwall | 40 min |
| May 11, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 61 min |
| May 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 60 min |
| May 11, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 67 min |
| May 11, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Red River | 63 min |
| May 11, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 63 min |
| May 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 68 min |
| May 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt, Wood | 68 min |
| May 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus | 68 min |
| May 11, 8:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 5 hr |
| May 11, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 63 min |
| May 11, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Hunt | 61 min |
| May 11, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 61 min |
| May 11, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Rains, Wood | 63 min |
| May 11, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 58 min |
| May 11, 9:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 4 hr |
| May 11, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Hopkins | 64 min |
| May 11, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur | 64 min |
| May 11, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith, Wood | 56 min |
| May 11, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 61 min |
| May 11, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains | 61 min |
| May 11, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 61 min |
| May 11, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| May 11, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Morris | 3 hr |
| May 11, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 61 min |
| May 11, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman | 48 min |
| May 11, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt, Wood | 63 min |
| May 12, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Wood | 40 min |
| May 12, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 53 min |
| May 12, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 41 min |
| May 12, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 56 min |
| May 12, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 56 min |
| May 12, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 29 min |
| May 12, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 64 min |
| May 12, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 62 min |
| May 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 59 min |
| May 12, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 63 min |
| May 12, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.