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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 12, 1993, 7:51 PM CDT for Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 1993, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stephens County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1658 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 130052 TORFTW TXC429-130200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 751 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...STEPHENS COUNTY AT 751 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF IVAN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL TORNADOES AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL SINCE 630 PM CDT. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DIT<CH OR CULVERT.
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, Oct 12, 4:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>161-175-176-196-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 443 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL... FALLS...AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... ...SVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON ...MILAM...ROBERTSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ROBERTSON...BRAZOS AND MADISON COUNTIES... AT 428 PM CDT ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE ALONG THE SOUTHERN FALLS/MILAM COUNTY LINE. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN OR NEAR THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA AT THIS TIME...RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST IN WEATHER< INFORMATION AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. A DRY LINE IN WEST TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING WITH ASSOCIATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. AT THE CURRENT TIME...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE SAN ANGELO AREA MOVING EAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. 07
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 4:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>161-175-176-196-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 443 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL... FALLS...AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... ...SVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON ...MILAM...ROBERTSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ROBERTSON...BRAZOS AND MADISON COUNTIES... AT 428 PM CDT ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE ALONG THE SOUTHERN FALLS/MILAM COUNTY LINE. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN OR NEAR THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA AT THIS TIME...RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST IN WEATHER< INFORMATION AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. A DRY LINE IN WEST TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING WITH ASSOCIATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. AT THE CURRENT TIME...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE SAN ANGELO AREA MOVING EAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. 07
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 5:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ091>167-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 521 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TE S AT 515 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A MARLIN...PALO PINTO...WICHITA FALLS LINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN PALO PINTO AND BRECKENRIDGE. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 5:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ091>167-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 521 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TE S AT 515 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A MARLIN...PALO PINTO...WICHITA FALLS LINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN PALO PINTO AND BRECKENRIDGE. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>161-175-176-196-130015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 559 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL... FALLS...AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... ...SVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON ...MILAM...ROBERTSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ROBERTSON...BRAZOS AND MADISON COUNTIES... AT 552 PM CDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BELL COUNTY...NEAR BARTLETT AND EXTENDED EAST TO CAMERON. THIS AREA BECAME MORE CONCENTRATED AS IT SPREAD SOUTH INTO THE GIDDINGS AREA. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. < ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BRECKENRIDGE AND MINERAL WELLS...BETWEEN LAKE BROWNWOOD AND COMANCHE AND BETWEEN SAN ANGELO AND SAN SABA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN OR NEAR THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 07
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>161-175-176-196-130015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 559 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL... FALLS...AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... ...SVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON ...MILAM...ROBERTSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ROBERTSON...BRAZOS AND MADISON COUNTIES... AT 552 PM CDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BELL COUNTY...NEAR BARTLETT AND EXTENDED EAST TO CAMERON. THIS AREA BECAME MORE CONCENTRATED AS IT SPREAD SOUTH INTO THE GIDDINGS AREA. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. < ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BRECKENRIDGE AND MINERAL WELLS...BETWEEN LAKE BROWNWOOD AND COMANCHE AND BETWEEN SAN ANGELO AND SAN SABA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN OR NEAR THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 51 min |
| Oct 12, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath | 64 min |
| Oct 12, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 70 min |
| Oct 12, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 59 min |
| Oct 12, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 61 min |
| Oct 12, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 64 min |
| Oct 12, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 56 min |
| Oct 12, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 61 min |
| Oct 12, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 51 min |
| Oct 12, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 63 min |
| Oct 12, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 63 min |
| Oct 12, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 56 min |
| Oct 12, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton | 45 min |
| Oct 12, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton | 61 min |
| Oct 13, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 64 min |
| Oct 13, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 62 min |
| Oct 13, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 6:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls | 65 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.