Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1992, 8:58 PM CDT for Parker County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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
- Apr 28, 1992, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Parker County, TX, Tarrant County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 8:58 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Tarrant, TX | |
| Apr 28, 9:20 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Tarrant, TX | |
| Apr 28, 9:37 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Tarrant, 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 653 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 290200 TORFTW TXC367-439-290230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 858 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...EASTERN PARKER COUNTY...WESTERN TARRANT COUNTY AT 855...RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHEAST PARKER COUNTY. SPOTTERS REPORT A TORNADO WEST OF PELICAN BAY IN NORTHWEST TARRANT COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITU RE. 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, Apr 28, 5:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-282330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 506 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...TO INCLUDE BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 501 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR...TO ALONG THE LEON/HOUSTON COUNTY LINE TO JUST WEST OF TRINITY. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR RAPILY CHANGING CONDITIONS. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS VERY UNSTABLE...AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FR4OM THE NORTHWEST WITH THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST< IN WEATHER INFORMATION. 07
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ019>033-290400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 515 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT FOR MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS BOUNDED BY CLARKSVILLE AND HENDERSON IN THE EAST AND HENRIETTA AND GLEN ROSE ON THE WEST. AREAS INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX... DENTON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...SHERMAN...AND PARIS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAD DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WERE TRACKING GENERALLY TO THE SOUTHEAyST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SHOULD THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY...THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE RED RIVER AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-280045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 635 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES WILL BE CANCELLED AT 700 PM CDT... AT 626 PM CDT RAINFALL WAS NO LONGER OVER ANY PORTION OF CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO EAST TEXAS. THIS WILL BE THE LAST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE WACO OFFICE UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS OR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL REDEVELOPS...OR MOVES INTO THE AREA. 07
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-280045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 635 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES WILL BE CANCELLED AT 700 PM CDT... AT 626 PM CDT RAINFALL WAS NO LONGER OVER ANY PORTION OF CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO EAST TEXAS. THIS WILL BE THE LAST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE WACO OFFICpE UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS OR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL REDEVELOPS...OR MOVES INTO THE AREA. 07
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
TXZ019>033-290500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 700 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR PART OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX... UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS WATCH REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT. THE TORNADO WATCH IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN ALBANY TO KAUFMAN LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX... AS WELL AS WICHITA FALLS AND SHERMAN. AT 655 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING JUST EAST OF WICHITA FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE DALLAS/ FORT WORTH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AREA...DUE TO A WARM FRONT STRETCHING FROM LUFKIN TO FORT WORTH TO WICHITA FALLS...AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ENHANCE SEVERE WEATHER...AND CAUSE THE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TEXARKANA TO PARIS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wilbarger | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan, Coleman | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 68 min |
| Apr 29, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 49 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.