Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 1993, 2:50 PM CST for Anderson County, Henderson County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 1993, 2:50 PM CST (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1993, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, TX, Henderson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 759 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 879 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 152050 TORFTW TXC001-213-152115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 250 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY ...SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY AT 245...RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR FRANKSTON MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN FRANKSTON SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, Feb 15, 11:07 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-151800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1105 AM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 1130 AM UNTIL 5OO PM CST FOR BELL...BRAZOS...CORYELL...FALLS...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1100 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM SOUTHEAST OF DALLAS TO NEAR MOODY IN SOUTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE WACO AREA TO NEAR HUBBARD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATH:ER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 11:36 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ019>033-151835-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1135 AM CST MON FEB 15 1993
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR SMITH AND UPSHUR COUNTIES
HAVE EXPIRED...
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS...
AT 1130 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS TO GILMER TO ATHENS TO EAST
OF WACO. BEHIND THIS LINE THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN...WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...GENERALLY EAST OF A
PARIS...WACO LINE. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.
ADDITIONALLY...ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS FROM NEAR BOWIE SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF
FORT WORTH TO 10 MILES EAST OF STEPHENVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT EAST OF A LINDEN...LAMPASAS LINE.
THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TEMPLE...TYLER...LONGVIEW...AND
LUFKIN.
RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Feb 15, 12:21 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-151920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1220 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5OO PM CST FOR BELL...BRAZOS... CORYELL...FALLS...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1215 PM THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVE EAST OUT OF CENTRAL TEXAS. LIGHT TO MODERTE SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST OF GROESBECK TO NEAR FAIRFIELD. LIGHT SHOWERS WERE ALSO INDICATED WEST GATESVILLE AND WEST OF EVANT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD DEVELOP AND PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. INTO YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 12:24 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-151920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1220 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5OO PM CST FOR BELL...BRAZOS... CORYELL...FALLS...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1215 PM THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVE EAST OUT OF CENTRAL TEXAS. LIGHT TO MODERTE SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST OF GROESBECK TO NEAR FAIRFIELD. LIGHT SHOWERS WERE ALSO INDICATED WEST GATESVILLE AND WEST OF EVANT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD DEVELOP AND PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 1:32 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-152030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 130 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5OO PM CST FOR BELL...BRAZOS... CORYELL...FALLS...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 125 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD REDEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR CORSICANA TO NORTH OF LAMPASAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING IN THE WACO AREA AND FROM NEAR VALLEY MILLS TO NEAR GATESVILLE. HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO BETWEEN GATESVILLE AND MCGREGOR. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE ELM MOTT AREA. BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 2:27 PM CST, 23 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-152130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 225 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5OO PM CST FOR BELL...BRAZOS... CORYELL...FALLS...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 220 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NEAR LAMPASAS TO NEAR ATHENS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR COPPERAS COVE TO NEAR MCGREGOR AND FROM NEAR WACO TO NORTH OF MEXIA. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SECTIONS OF* CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE PAST HOUR. BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 8:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 47 min |
| Feb 15, 9:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 40 min |
| Feb 15, 10:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith, Upshur | 60 min |
| Feb 15, 11:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 63 min |
| Feb 15, 12:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee, Smith | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Feb 15, 2:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 51 min |
| Feb 15, 2:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 49 min |
| Feb 15, 2:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cherokee, Smith | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 3:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Feb 15, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.