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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 8, 1993Clay County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1993, 7:42 PM CDT for Clay County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1993, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
48 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 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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, 2 hours 53 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, 2 hours 16 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, 2 hours 13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Baylor49 min
May 8, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke41 min
May 8, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague57 min
May 8, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung57 min
May 8, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague30 min
May 8, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay50 min
May 8, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague65 min
May 8, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung60 min
May 8, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Clay45 min
May 8, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke59 min
May 8, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack59 min
May 8, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung60 min
May 8, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDClay3 hr
May 8, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague61 min
May 8, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson55 min
May 8, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack60 min
May 8, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke63 min
May 8, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung47 min
May 8, 11:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague3 hr
May 9, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman48 min
May 9, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger46 min
May 9, 10:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise59 min
May 9, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown63 min
May 9, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche56 min
May 9, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath60 min
May 9, 12:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson5 hr
May 9, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant66 min
May 9, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque56 min
May 9, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson55 min
May 9, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Somervell55 min
May 9, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCollin, Dallas43 min
May 9, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Rockwall50 min
May 9, 2:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke4 hr
May 9, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill56 min
May 9, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan68 min
May 9, 2:22 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHunt53 min
May 9, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
May 9, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson62 min
May 9, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell62 min
May 9, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill64 min
May 9, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Navarro63 min
May 9, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson63 min
May 9, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan60 min
May 9, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt58 min
May 9, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall64 min
May 9, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar48 min
May 9, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman68 min
May 9, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin61 min
May 9, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis59 min
May 9, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt62 min
May 9, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Red River, Titus62 min
May 9, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone55 min
May 9, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson67 min
May 9, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson69 min
May 9, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Wood61 min
May 9, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur69 min
May 9, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River69 min
May 9, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee, Henderson, Smith62 min
May 9, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Cherokee, Smith48 min
May 9, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Wood46 min
May 9, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur64 min
May 9, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee64 min
May 8, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLove3 hr
May 8, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCarter, Johnston, Marshall3 hr

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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.