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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 18, 1993Ellis County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 1993, 12:20 AM CDT for Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 18, 1993, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 1993, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Ellis County, TX

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, Oct 17, 10:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 17, 11:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 17, 11:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 17, 11:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 17, 11:38 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 17, 11:40 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hamilton	57 min
Oct 17, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bosque	67 min
Oct 17, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hill, McLennan	45 min
Oct 17, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jones	40 min
Oct 17, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Brown, Coleman	58 min
Oct 17, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hill, McLennan	45 min
Oct 17, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	58 min
Oct 17, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	69 min
Oct 17, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hill, Limestone	43 min
Oct 17, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	68 min
Oct 17, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Stephens	61 min
Oct 17, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Young	63 min
Oct 17, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	55 min
Oct 17, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Parker	66 min
Oct 17, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant	56 min
Oct 17, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	65 min
Oct 17, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	61 min
Oct 17, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Erath	66 min
Oct 17, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coleman	66 min
Oct 17, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant	60 min
Oct 17, 11:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Johnson	57 min
Oct 18, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	61 min
Oct 18, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Brown	41 min
Oct 18, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coleman	66 min
Oct 18, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	62 min
Oct 18, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt	62 min
Oct 18, 1:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	69 min
Oct 18, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	60 min
Oct 18, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	56 min
Oct 18, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath	57 min
Oct 18, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Brown	36 min
Oct 18, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Somervell	67 min
Oct 18, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	67 min
Oct 18, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton	60 min
Oct 18, 3:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Brown	40 min
Oct 18, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	40 min
Oct 18, 6:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	49 min
Oct 18, 7:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill, McLennan	57 min
Oct 18, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell	63 min
Oct 18, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coleman	55 min
Oct 18, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Kaufman	69 min
Oct 18, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hunt	58 min
Oct 18, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coleman	30 min
Oct 18, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	58 min
Oct 18, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Rains	63 min
Oct 18, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Brown, Coleman	59 min
Oct 18, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Wood	64 min
Oct 18, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	65 min
Oct 18, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	55 min
Oct 18, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Franklin	61 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.