Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 1993, 7:14 PM CST for Wichita County, Texas; Tillman County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 1993, 7:14 PM CST (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1993, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Tillman County, OK, Wichita County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 7:29 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Grandfield, OK |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard, Wichita, Wilbarger | 53 min |
| Mar 29, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay, Wichita | 56 min |
| Mar 29, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 52 min |
| Mar 29, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor, Knox | 52 min |
| Mar 29, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Stonewall | 53 min |
| Mar 29, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.