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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 9, 1993Hill County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1993, 2:56 PM CDT for Hill County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1993, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1993, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hill County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1993-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1368 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1993-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KACT 091955
TORACT
TXC217-092100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
256 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...HILL COUNTY
 
AT 251 PM CDT DPSREPORTED TWO TORNADOES ON THE GROUND IN HILL COUNTY.
ONE WAS 4 MILES WEST OF COVINGTON...AND ONE WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODBERRY
APPROACHING OSCEOLA. THE CITY OF ITASCA IS IN THE PATH OF A TORNAO...
RESIDENTS THERE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVEMENT OF BOTH OF
THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
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 WINDOW`S.
 
 
 
&

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, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDClay48 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, 2:57 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

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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.