Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 1992, 5:48 PM CST for Harrison County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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 29, 1992, 5:48 PM CST (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 1992, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 6:01 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Harrison, 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 292348 TORSHV TXC203-300045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 548 PM CST THU OCT 29 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...HARRISON COUNTY AT 545 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALLSVILLE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST... 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 29, 3:46 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-292315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 345 PM CST THU OCT 29 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFCT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL TEXAS... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS WITH A FEW STORMS ALREADY INCREASING TO STRONG INTENSITY. AT 340 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTOMS IN AN AREA FROM PARIS TO LONGVIEW...WESTWARD TO BETWEEN FORT WORTH AND WACO. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WERE NEAR EMORY...SOUTHWESTWARD TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF DALLAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE ARKLATEX LATER TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL REACH SEVERE INTENSITY...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS WELL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THIS WILL BE ONLY THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM EVENTS OVER THE NEXY FEW DAYS. AFTER A RATHER PROLONG DRY PERIOD... AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AND AGAINT BY SUNDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 5:07 PM CST, 41 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 510 PM CST THU OCT 29 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST. ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION... AT 500 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS..OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..NORTHWEST LOUISIANA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. IN TEXAS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MAUD..KILDARE..AND SCOTTSVILLE WEST TO NEAR COOPER..KAUFMAN..AND PALESTINE. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR BETTIE AND GILMER AND SOUTHEAST OF WILLS POINT. IN ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA A BROKEN BAND OF SHOWERS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM NEAR GURDON SOUTH TO NEAR CANFIELD ARKANSAS AND INTO LOUISIANA TO NEAR PLAIN DEALING..SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AND TO NORTH OF LOGANSPORT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGNING WINDS..HAIL..AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS OVER UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS NEAR GILMER AND BETTIE WERE INDICATED TO BE SEVERE AND WILL REQUIRE A WARNING FOR GREGG AND HARRISON COUNTIES SHORTLY.
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.