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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1992, 11:14 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1992, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1992, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mitchell County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 486 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2394 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABI 120414
TORABI
TXC335-120515-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE
1114 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE WEST PART OF TEXAS
WESTERN MITCHELL
AT 1113 PM CDT A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY PATROLMAN REPORTED
A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF WESTBROOK.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
IN HOMES AND APARTMENTS...INTERIOR BATHROOMS AND CLOSETS ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. COVER YOURSELF WITH
BLANKETS OR CLOTHING AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS.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, Jun 11, 5:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ021>023-027-028-112330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 535 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS... AT 530 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR BONHAM...IN FANNIN COUNTY...NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH PARIS...IN LAMAR COUNTY...AND INTO NORTHWESTERN RED RIVER COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 PM...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVcING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL... AND SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ021>023-027-028-120030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 635 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992 AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS HAD DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...YET THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN LAMAR AND NORTHERN DELTA COUNTIES AND MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 PM. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED UNLESS STORM REGENERATION OCCURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.