Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1993, 6:12 PM CST for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 1993, 6:12 PM CST (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1993, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bell County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 160013 SVRACT TXC027-160045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 612 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BELL COUNTY AT 610 PM CST A COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER AT BELTON 4 MILES NORTH REPORTED PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND WITH SOME HAIL STONES UP TO QUARTER SIZE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL WAS NEAR BELTON MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Feb 15, 3:30 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 330 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5OO PM CST FOR BELL...BRAZOS... CORYELL...FALLS...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 325 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NORTHEAST OF FAIRFIELD TO NORTH OF GEORGETOWN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EXTREME EASTERN BELL COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF MART TO EXTREME EASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY SOUTH OF MEXIA. A STONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO NOTED NEAR MARLIN IN FALLS COUNTY. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 4:26 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TXZ019>033-152315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 435 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CST... AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME EAST TEXAS EXTENDING GENERALLY FROM SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO PALESTINE TEXAS. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY SOUTH OF A KILLEEN... MARSHALL LINE. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TEMPLE...LONGVIEW... AND LUFKIN. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 4:39 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 436 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11OO PM CST FOR BELL...BRAZOS... FALLS...LEON...LIMESTONE...ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ...THIS WATCH REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WATCH... AT 434 PM CST NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR RUSK TO WEST OF MARQUEZ. SHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING FROM NORTH WEST OF CALVERT TO ROGERS. PERSONS IN SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND BE ALERT FOR ANY WARNINGp BULLETINS. 05
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 5:13 PM CST, 59 minutes before
TXZ019>033-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 515 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CST... AT 510 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS EXTREME EAST TEXAS GENERALLY FROM SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO PALESTINE TEXAS. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTH OF ALTO AT 410 PM. THIS CELL WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD AND WILL MOVE INTO NACOGDOCHES COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY SOUTH OF A KILLEEN... MARSHALL LINE. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TEMPLE...LONGVIEW... AND LUFKIN. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF SjTRONG GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 5:25 PM CST, 47 minutes before
TXZ019>033-160035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 515 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CST... AT 510 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS EXTREME EAST TEXAS GENERALLY FROM SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO PALESTINE TEXAS. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTH OF ALTO AT 510 PM. THIS CELL WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD AND WILL MOVE INTO NACOGDOCHES COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY SOUTH OF A KILLEEN... MARSHALL LINE. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TEMPLE...LONGVIEW... AND LUFKIN. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LOCALLY H~EAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 5:32 PM CST, 40 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-160030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 530 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11OO PM CST FOR BELL...BRAZOS... FALLS...LEON...LIMESTONE...ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ...THIS WATCH REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WATCH... AT 527 PM CST AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WAS 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON. ANOTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS NOTED JUST SOUTH OF LAMPASAS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DECREASED DURING THE LAST HOUR WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR RUSK TO FRANKLIN. SHOWERS WERE CONTINUING FROM KOSSE TO GEORGETOWN AND FROM MERIDIAN TO *EAST OF GOLDTHWAITE. ALL MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STAEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 56 min |
| Feb 15, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Madison | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.