Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 1992, 5:36 PM CST for Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
- Oct 31, 1992, 5:36 PM CST (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 1992, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erath County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 6:11 PM CST | Hail 1 | Erath, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 312336 TORFTW TXC143-010015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 536 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...ERATH COUNTY AT 535 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF STEPHENVILLE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPN. IF YOU ARE IN STEPHENVILLE YOU SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION FOR THE DANGEROUS STORM. 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 AVAILABLE...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, Oct 31, 3:47 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
TXZ019>033-312200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 345 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992 AT 345 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM GAINESVILLE TO STEPHENVILLE TO BROWNWOOD. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN CISCO AND COMANCHE. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND TEXARKANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED AS OF 345 PM...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO INx EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 4:37 PM CST, 59 minutes before
TXZ019>033-010400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 435 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH TEXAS... THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY PARIS AND MONTAGUE AND ON THE SOUTH BY FRANKILIN...TEMPLE...AND BRADY. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE STEPHENVILLE...PARIS...GAINESVILLE...BONHAM...DENTON... WEATHERFORD...SHERMAN...HAMILTON...CORSICANA... AND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM FOR AREAS EAST OF A CLARKSVILLE QUITMAN LINE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT... CLARKSVILLE...PITTSBURGH...AND DANGERFIELD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS THE MIDSECTION OF NORTH TEXAS AT 420 PM. A DRY LINE FEATURE HAD DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AS A RESULT OF THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS PULLING GULF MOISTURE INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS AND SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW BRINGING DRIER AIR INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS. AT 420 PM...THE DRY LINE WAS SERVING AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG ITS POSITION FROM GAINESVILLE... TO JUST WEST OF MINERAL WELLS...TO JUNCTION. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM BANGS TO MAY IN BROWN COUNTY AT 430 PM AND ALSO BETWEEN RISING STAR AND DELEON. AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED IN THE WATCH AREAS. HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 5:01 PM CST, 35 minutes before
TXZ019>033-010400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 455 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992 ... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR COMANCHE AND ERATH COUNTIES... AT 450 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF COMANCHE COUNTY JUST FROM DELEON TO BEATTIE AND JUST WEST OF RUCKER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN BROWN COUNTY FROM MAY TO BANGS. THESE WILL BE ENTERING THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF COMANCHE COUNTY BY 505 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA IS BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY PARIS AND MONTAGUE AND ON THE SOUTH BY FRANKLIN AND BRADY. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES STEPHENVILLE...PARIS... GAINESVILLE... BONHAM...DENTON...WEATHERFORD...SHERMAN... HAMILTON... CORSICANA... AND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A TORNADO WATPCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 5:02 PM CST, 34 minutes before
TXZ031-037-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 501 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR BELL...BOSQUE... CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...LIMESTONE AND MCLENNON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 448 PM CST NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF STEPHENVILLE IN ERATH COUNTY TO WEST OF BROWNWOOD IN BROWN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ALONG WITH A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IS APPROACHING CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AND SHOULD REACH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. PARENTS OF CHILDREN TRICK OR TREATING TONIGHT S*HOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 5:10 PM CST, 26 minutes before
TXZ019>033-010400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 510 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992 ... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR COMANCHE AND ERATH COUNTIES... AT 508 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED EASTERN SECTIONS OF COMANCHE COUNTY FROM RUCKER TO COMYN JUST EAST OF DELEON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY AND WILL BE BETWEEN SIDNEY AND MERCERS GAP BY 530 PM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA IS BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY PARIS AND MONTAGUE AND ON THE SOUTH BY FRANKLIN AND BRADY. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATI`ON.
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 5:29 PM CST, 7 minutes before
TXZ019>033-010400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 530 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992 ... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR COMANCHE AND ERATH COUNTIES... AT 520 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN COMANCHE COUNTY FROM JUST EAST OF MERCERS GAP TO JUST WEST OF COMANCHE. OTHER STORNG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WRE LOCATED NEAR BEATTIE AND IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO ERATH COUNTY AND WAS LOCATED BETWEEN DESDEMONA AND DUBLIN. WITH THE MOVEMENT OF NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR THE STORM ENTERING ERATH COUNTY SHOULD ENTER STEPHENVILLE BY 545 PM. ANOTHER STORNG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WISE COUNTY BETWEEN BRIDGEPORT AND PARADISE AT 520 PM AND SHOULD PASS JUST NORTH OF DECATUR BY 545 PM. THIS WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA IS BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY PARIS AND MONTAGUE AND ON THE SOUTH BY FRANKLIN AND BRADY. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 63 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.