Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1992, 6:43 AM CST for Bell County, McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Mar 9, 1992, 6:43 AM CST (12:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1992, 7:45 AM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bell County, TX, McLennan County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:50 AM CST | Hail 1.75 | Bell, TX | |
| Mar 9, 6:53 AM CST | Hail 1 | Bell, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 2256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KACT 091250 COR TORACT TXC027-309-091345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 643 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BELL COUNTY...MCLENNAN COUNTY AT 640 AM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KILLEEN TEXAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS DIRECTION AND SPEED...THE THUNDERSTORM WILL ENTER MCLENNAN COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MOODY AROUND 705 AM CST. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR BELL COUNTY AT 623 AM CST.
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 9, 1:03 AM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-090830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 105 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY... AT 100 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST OF DALLAS TO CLEBURNE TO WALNUT SPRINGS TO HAMILTON TO 20 MILES NORTHWST OF SAN SABA TO WEST OF MASON. MOVMENT OF THE LINE WAS EAST AT 15 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVED NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ALL THE PRECIPITATION HAS SHOWN SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED AT THIS TIME. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL CONTAINS HEAVY RAIN AND WILL< POSE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AS IT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE EARLY M|ORNING HOURS. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Local storm report, Mar 9, 2:07 AM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
210 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992
STORM REPORTS FROM SUNDAY MAR 8 1992...
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE COUNTY EVENT
958 PM CST WISE 1 INCH DIAM HAIL AT BRIDGEPORT
1020 PM CST WISE 3/4 INCH HAIL AT DECATUR...HEAVY HAIL.
1020 PM CST WISE DIME SIZE HAIL AT BRIDGEPORT
1030 PM CST WISE 1 INCH DIAM HAIL AT BRIDGEPORT
1045 PM CST DENTON DIME SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS IN
NORTHWEST DENTON CO.
1058 PM CST DENTON DIME SIZE HAIL JUST N OF SANGER
1107 PM CST DENTON DIME SIZE HAIL ON I35 IN NORTHxERN
DENTON CO.Special weather statement, Mar 9, 2:14 AM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-090915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 210 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY... AT 205 AM CST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM DALLAS TO WEST OF SAN SABA TO NEAR MASON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER EXTREME WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY WEST OF MERIDIAN AND OVER WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF TEXAS ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE THE THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. PERSONS IN CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED AND THE LAKES AND RIVERS SWOLLEN... VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE NEEDED TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEA.THER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 3:17 AM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-091015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 315 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL...FALLS... HILL...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN...ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES OF TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY... AT 310 AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED FROM NEAR MESQUITE TO NEAR HAMILTON TO WEST OF BURNET. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING IN BOSQUE COUNTY NORTH AND SOUTHWEST OF WALNUT SPRINGS AND IN HILL COUNTY NORTH OF WHITNEY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN HAMILTON...LAMPASAS AND BURNET COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ESPECIALLY BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND AND SWOLLEN RIVERS AND LAKES...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS AND AVOID AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE WEST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTSf.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 4:51 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-091145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 449 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR BELL...BOSQUE... CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRAZOS...LEON...MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS FOR TODAY... ...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL TEXAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... AT 440 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA THAT EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WEST OF TYLER TO EAST OF KILLEEN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER HILL COUNTY SOUTH OF WHITNEY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER BELL COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF TEMPLE AND OVER EXTREME NORTHERN HILL COUNTY NORTH OF ITASCA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN HILL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS MOVING TOWARD CENTRAL TEXAS AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA UNTIL THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREASf ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 6:22 AM CST, 21 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-091330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 621 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR BELL...BOSQUE... CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRAZOS...LEON...MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES FOR TODAY... AT 615 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM EAST OF DALLAS TO NORTHEAST OF MARBLE FALLS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ON THE WILLIAMSON/BURNET COUNTY LINE NEAR BRIGGS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN BELL COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING NEAR KILLEEN IN BELL COUNTY AND EAST OF HILLSBORO IN HILL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEME?NTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 56 min |
| Mar 8, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 56 min |
| Mar 8, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 69 min |
| Mar 8, 8:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan, Taylor | 69 min |
| Mar 8, 9:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 68 min |
| Mar 8, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 59 min |
| Mar 8, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 11:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 67 min |
| Mar 9, 6:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 67 min |
| Mar 9, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 8:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Wood | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains, Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 60 min |
| Mar 9, 12:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Titus | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Morris, Upshur | 5 hr |
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.