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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 20, 1992, 7:10 PM CDT for Clay County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 1992, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 1992, 7:37 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1082 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 210012 TORSPS TXC077-210045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX ISSUED BY FORT WORTH TX 710 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...CLAY COUNTY AT 639 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO EAST OF JOLLY. MOVEMENT OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PETROLIA...HURNSVILLE AND HENRIETTA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO. 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 AVAIhLABLE...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, Sep 20, 5:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ019>033-210200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 550 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 1992 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SLIGHT RISK INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABILENE...BROWNWOOD... STEPHENVILLE...DALLAS-FORT WORTH...SHERMAN...PARIS...AND SULPHUR SPRINGS. AT 500 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY FORMING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SURFACE FRONT LOCATED FROM EAST OF CHILDRESS TO NEAR SANDERSON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING WERE IN THE 90S OVER NORTH TEXAS...AND THIS WILL ENHANCE THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...SOME LOW LEVEL VEERING OF THE WINDS HAS BEEN DETECTED IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...SO THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTERS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 6:13 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
TXZ019>033-210010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 610 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS NORTH AND WEST OF A SHERMAN...DENTON...JACKSBORO... HASKELL LINE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. THE COUNTIES OF COOKE...DENTON... GRAYSON...AND WISE ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 605 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 7:07 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
TXZ019>033-210105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 705 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS NORTH AND WEST OF A SHERMAN...DENTON...JACKSBORO... HASKELL LINE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. THE COUNTIES OF COOKE...DENTON... GRAYSON...AND WISE ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 700 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORNADOES. STAY TUfNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer | 56 min |
| Sep 20, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 42 min |
| Sep 20, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 61 min |
| Sep 21, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 61 min |
| Sep 21, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 59 min |
| Sep 21, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 64 min |
| Sep 21, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 55 min |
| Sep 21, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 68 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.