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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1993, 6:32 PM CDT for Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
- May 8, 1993, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montague County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Montague, TX | Tornado with debris between Montague and Saint Jo. |
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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 731 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 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 KFTW 082333 TORFTW TXC337-090015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 632 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MONTAGUE COUNTY AT 632 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MONTAGUE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN MONATGUE...NOCONA...AND SAINT JO NEED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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, May 8, 4:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZALL-082245- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 448 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT. THE WATCH AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO NORTH OF GREENVILLE. AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG THE PARKER...WISE COUNTY LINES IN CENTRAL NORTH TEXAS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS IN THE WICHITA FALLS VICINITY AND SOUTHWEST OF THIS COMMUNITY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. ISOLATED 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOU SARE POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH INDICATES SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS IN THE WATCH AREA. CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF THRETENING WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.0
Special weather statement, May 8, 5:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
TXZALL-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 526 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN PALO PINTO AND JACK COUNTIES AT 525 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE SINCE 500 PM. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS WITH LARGE HAIL AND SEVERAL TORNADOES REP T A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO NORTH OF GREENVILLE. ADDITIONALLY...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.
Special weather statement, May 8, 5:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZALL-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 526 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN PALO PINTO AND JACK COUNTIES AT 525 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE SINCE 500 PM. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS WITH LARGE HAIL AND SEVERAL TORNADOES REP T A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH T|EXAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO NORTH OF GREENVILLE. ADDITIONALLY...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 59 min |
| May 7, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 64 min |
| May 7, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 64 min |
| May 8, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard, Knox | 53 min |
| May 8, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Foard, Wilbarger | 34 min |
| May 8, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 43 min |
| May 8, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wilbarger | 49 min |
| May 8, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Baylor | 34 min |
| May 8, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer | 52 min |
| May 8, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Clay | 33 min |
| May 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 62 min |
| May 8, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Wichita | 47 min |
| May 8, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Baylor | 53 min |
| May 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Clay, Jack, Wichita | 53 min |
| May 8, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 42 min |
| May 8, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 62 min |
| May 8, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 39 min |
| May 8, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Clay | 49 min |
| May 8, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 49 min |
| May 8, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Clay | 34 min |
| May 8, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.