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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1993, 6:41 PM CDT for Clay County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1993, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 52 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 15 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 8, 5:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 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, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 43 min |
| May 8, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 66 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.