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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 3, 1992Brown County, Callahan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 1992, 6:49 PM CST for Brown County, Callahan County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report 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
Mar 3, 1992, 6:49 PM CST (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 1992, 7:45 PM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 3, 7:17 PM CSTHail 1Callahan, 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1381 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABI 040049
TORABI
TXC049-059-040145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE 
649 PM CST TUE MAR 3 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH PART OF TEXAS
      NORTHERN BROWN...SOUTHERN CALLAHAN

AT 645 PM NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM
NORTHERN COLEMAN COUNTY. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ALSO
REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GROSVENOR IN NORTHWEST BROWN COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
AFFECT SOUTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.

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.

IF YOU SEE A TORNADO...ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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, Mar 3, 2:36 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-032230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
230 PM CST TUE MAR 3 1992

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS...

...A FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR SOUTH
   CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 226 PM CST RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS ALL OF
CENTRAL TEXAS.

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM LOCATED IN ARIZONA WILL MOVE TOWARD TEXAS TONIGHT...THIS
SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO PRODUCE MORE
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS
MAY BE SEVERE AND CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WIND.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS IN
THE INDICATED AREA. CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS AND MOVE TO HIGHER <
GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OBSERVED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 6:11 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDColeman64 min
Mar 3, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDEastland60 min
Mar 3, 7:17 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDColeman58 min
Mar 3, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Callahan38 min
Mar 3, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche61 min
Mar 3, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland64 min
Mar 3, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath66 min
Mar 3, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant63 min
Mar 3, 10:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Wise65 min
Mar 3, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, McLennan69 min
Mar 3, 10:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis65 min
Mar 4, 4:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Coryell4 hr
Mar 4, 7:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Limestone, Robertson3 hr
Mar 4, 4:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker64 min
Mar 4, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Somervell45 min
Mar 4, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque55 min
Mar 4, 4:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood54 min
Mar 4, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant66 min
Mar 4, 5:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque26 min
Mar 4, 5:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill67 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.