Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 1992, 5:19 PM CDT for Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 16, 1992, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Taylor County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Taylor, TX | |
| Jul 16, 5:40 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Taylor, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1075 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABI 162218 TORABI TXC441-162300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 519 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY AT 514 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SEEN OVER MERKEL HANGING JUST ABOVE THE GROUND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE 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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR CAR. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS AND SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
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, Jul 16, 11:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ019>033-162200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 1145 AM CDT THU JUL 16 1992 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA ARE ABILENE...SHERMAN...PARIS...TYLER...LONGVIEW...WACO AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. LUFKIN IS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. AT LATE MORNING...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER WEST TEXAS WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. THE DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SHOULD INCREASE MID LEVEL WINDS OVER NORTH TEXAS. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES IN STORMS THAT MOVE IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. HOWEVER...THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO NEAR SHERMAN TO SOUTH OF LUBBOCK. THIS BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND WILL BE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MOST SEVERE WHERE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES EXCEED 92 DEGREES...AND WHERE LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE STRONGEST WHEN FEEDING INTO THE STORMS. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS IN NORTH TEXAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:26 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ031-162230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 425 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN HILL... BOSQUE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 420 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS IN THE WEST PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS. THE AREA WAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE TO DALLAS TO GLEN ROSE TO SOUTH OF ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDTIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR rLATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:29 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
TXZ019-023-162225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 425 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS WEST OF A SHERMAN...CORSICANA LINE UNTIL 1100 PM. THE CITIES OF BRECKENRIDGE...DECATUR...GAINESVILLE...DALLAS/FT WORTH... ...STEPHENVILLE...CLEBURNE...EASTLAND...WAXAHACHIE AND HAMILTON ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 420 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SEYMOUR...TO ABOUT 30 NORTHWEST OF ABILENE TO NEAR SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WERE NOTED OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. HOWEVER MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS EVAPORATING BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ...INCLUDING TORNADOES...IN THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADrDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones, Taylor | 66 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992
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.