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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 29, 1993Taylor County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1993, 5:21 PM CST for Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 1993, 5:21 PM CST (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 1993, 6:11 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 221 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1993-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1177 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1993-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 5:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones69 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.