Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1993, 2:16 PM CDT for Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1993, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1993, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nolan County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KABI 091917 RRA SVRABI TXC353-092015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 216 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...NOLAN COUNTY AT 215 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG WESTERN SECTIONS OF NOLAN COUNTY. LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON I-20 TO NEAR ZERO JUST WEST OF ROSCOE AT 200 PM WAS REPORTED BY THE SWEETWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD SWEETWATER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING IS A FREQUENT KILLER. STAY CLEAR OF FARM EQUIPMENT... TALL TREES...OR ANY METAL OBJECT THAT MIGHT ATTRACT A LIGHTNING STRIKE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. &
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, Jun 9, 12:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ019>033-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 1200 PM CDT WED JUNE 9 1993 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT FOR THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A BOWIE...MINERAL WELLS...EASTLAND LINE AND INCLUDES ABILENE... BRECKENRIDGE...GRAHAM...AND JACKSBORO. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR HASKELL... THROCKMORTON...YOUNG...JACK AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA...THOSE AREAS JUST NORTH OF THE RED RIVER NORTH OF GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN AND PARIS. AT NOON...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS MAINLY JUST TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF ABILENE. THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST MAINLY AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR THREhATENING WEATHER ...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:17 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
TXZ019>033-091930- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 110 PM CDT WED JUNE 9 1993 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT FOR THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A BOWIE...MINERAL WELLS...EASTLAND LINE AND INCLUDES ABILENE... BRECKENRIDGE...GRAHAM...AND JACKSBORO. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR HASKELL... THROCKMORTON...YOUNG...JACK AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA...THOSE AREAS JUST NORTH OF THE RED RIVER NORTH OF GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN AND PARIS. AT 110 PM...WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG AND WITH HEAVY RAINS...EXTENDING FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS TO NEAR NEW CASTLE...TO ALBANY AND TO NEAR ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER ...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell, Scurry | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Scurry | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 9:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 10:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher | 69 min |
| Jun 9, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones, Taylor | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 69 min |
| Jun 9, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 48 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.