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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 18, 1993Scurry County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 1993, 10:23 PM CDT for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 1993, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 1993, 10:50 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Scurry 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

Local storm report, Oct 18, 4:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
445 PM CDT MON OCT 18 1993

...ADDITIONAL NORTH TEXAS STORM REPORTS FOR OCT. 17 AND OCT 18. 1993...

   TIME OF
  OCCURRENCE      COUNTY                     EVENT

 620 PM CDT     HAMILTON       DIME SIZE HAIL - OLIN

 725 PM CDT     ERATH          NICKEL HAIL - DUBLIN

 730 PM CDT     ERATH          DIME HAIL - MORGAN MILL

 920 PM CDT     GRAYSON        DIME SIZE HAIL - TIOGA

 940 PM CDT     STEPHENS       WINDS DOWNED POWER LINES - BRECKENRIDGE

 950 PM CDT     STEPHENS       TREES UPROOTED - CRYSTAL FALLS

1030 PM CDT     YOUNG          TREES UPROOTED - SOUTH BEND

1120 PM CDT     PARKER         TORNADO ON GROUND...SIGHTED BY SEVERAL
                               EYEWITNESSES...ALOS GRAPEFRUIT SIZE HAIL
                               - HORSESHOE BEND (EXTREME SOUTHERN PARKER
                               COUNTY)

...OCTOBER 18...

1215 AM CDT     TARRANT        QUARTER SIZE HAIL - MANSFIELD

1220 PM CDT     TARRANT        70 MPH WINDS...TREES UPROOTED AND BRICK
                               WALL TOPPLED OVER - SOUTH ARLINGTON

1230 AM CDT     DALLAS         MEASURED 78 MPH WINDS.  ROOF RIPPED OFF
-1240 AM                       OF MOBILE HOME - BALCH SPRINGS.  ALSO...
                               WINDS BLEW IN 14 HANGER DOORS AND DAMAGED
                               7 AIRPLANES - HUDSON AIRPORT (SE DALLAS
                               CO.)

 120 AM CDT     HUNT           60 MPH WINDS - WEST TAWAKONI

 125 AM CDT     ELLIS          NICKEL SIZE HAIL - RED OAK

 140 AM CDT     RAINS          TREE DAMAGE FROM 60 MPH WINDS -
                               CITY OF EAST TAWAKONI

 145 AM         HUNT           QUARTER SIZE HAIL - CAMPBELL

 145 AM CDT     VAN ZANDT      60 MPH WINDS - NW PORTION OF THE
                               COUNTY AT LAKE TAWAKONI

 205 AM CDT     COMANCHE       DIME SIZE HAIL - PROCTOR

 215 AM CDT     8ERATH          QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS...
                               TREES UPROOTED - DUBLIN

...WHEW!...
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 4:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-176-182300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
444 PM CDT MON OCT 18 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES
   IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...FOR LEON IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...MILAM IN SOUTH
   CENTRAL TEXAS AND MADISON IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 433 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THIS AREA WAS 30 TO 40 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED
FROM 40 MILES WEST OF AUSTIN...TO WACO TO EAST OF DALLAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WERE BETWEEN FT HOOD AND
MCGREGOR AND NEAR MT CALM. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST CORYELL...SOUTHERN
MCLENNAN AND SOUTHEAST HILL COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
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ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED...RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO
KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER DEVELOP.

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

07
Local storm report, Oct 18, 4:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
445 PM CDT MON OCT 18 1993

...ADDITIONAL NORTH TEXAS STORM REPORTS FOR OCT. 17 AND OCT 18. 1993...

   TIME OF
  OCCURRENCE      COUNTY                     EVENT

 620 PM CDT     HAMILTON       DIME SIZE HAIL - OLIN

 725 PM CDT     ERATH          NICKEL HAIL - DUBLIN

 730 PM CDT     ERATH          DIME HAIL - MORGAN MILL

 920 PM CDT     GRAYSON        DIME SIZE HAIL - TIOGA

 940 PM CDT     STEPHENS       WINDS DOWNED POWER LINES - BRECKENRIDGE

 950 PM CDT     STEPHENS       TREES UPROOTED - CRYSTAL FALLS

1030 PM CDT     YOUNG          TREES UPROOTED - SOUTH BEND

1120 PM CDT     PARKER         TORNADO ON GROUND...SIGHTED BY SEVERAL
                               EYEWITNESSES...ALOS GRAPEFRUIT SIZE HAIL
                               - HORSESHOE BEND (EXTREME SOUTHERN PARKER
                               COUNTY)

...OCTOBER 18...

1215 AM CDT     TARRANT        QUARTER SIZE HAIL - MANSFIELD

1220 PM CDT     TARRANT        70 MPH WINDS...TREES UPROOTED AND BRICK
                               WALL TOPPLED OVER - SOUTH ARLINGTON

1230 AM CDT     DALLAS         MEASURED 78 MPH WINDS.  ROOF RIPPED OFF
-1240 AM                       OF MOBILE HOME - BALCH SPRINGS.  ALSO...
                               WINDS BLEW IN 14 HANGER DOORS AND DAMAGED
                               7 AIRPLANES - HUDSON AIRPORT (SE DALLAS
                               CO.)

 120 AM CDT     HUNT           60 MPH WINDS - WEST TAWAKONI

 125 AM CDT     ELLIS          NICKEL SIZE HAIL - RED OAK

 140 AM CDT     RAINS          TREE DAMAGE FROM 60 MPH WINDS -
                               CITY OF EAST TAWAKONI

 145 AM         HUNT           QUARTER SIZE HAIL - CAMPBELL

 145 AM CDT     VAN ZANDT      60 MPH WINDS - NW PORTION OF THE
                               COUNTY AT LAKE TAWAKONI

 205 AM CDT     COMANCHE       DIME SIZE HAIL - PROCTOR

 215 AM CDT     ERATH          QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS...
                               TREES UPROOTED - DUBLIN

...WHEW!...
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 4:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-176-182300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
444 PM CDT MON OCT 18 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES
   IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...FOR LEON IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...MILAM IN SOUTH
   CENTRAL TEXAS AND MADISON IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 433 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THIS AREA WAS 30 TO 40 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED
FROM 40 MILES WEST OF AUSTIN...TO WACO TO EAST OF DALLAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WERE BETWEEN FT HOOD AND
MCGREGOR AND NEAR MT CALM. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST CORYELL...SOUTHERN
MCLENNAN AND SOUTHEAST HILL COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
<
ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED...RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO
KEEP ABREAST OF TtHE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER DEVELOP.

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

07
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCamp67 min
Oct 18, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCallahan31 min
Oct 18, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland58 min
Oct 18, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTitus68 min
Oct 18, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Rockwall62 min
Oct 18, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath60 min
Oct 18, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas63 min
Oct 18, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Red River60 min
Oct 18, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker64 min
Oct 18, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones60 min
Oct 18, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Jones60 min
Oct 19, 12:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar, Red River4 hr
Oct 19, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton67 min
Oct 19, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens66 min
Oct 19, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack66 min
Oct 19, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton59 min
Oct 19, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland59 min
Oct 19, 3:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan37 min
Oct 19, 4:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar, Red River4 hr
Oct 19, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland60 min
Oct 19, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto68 min
Oct 19, 4:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin55 min
Oct 19, 5:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Grayson3 hr
Oct 19, 5:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath56 min
Oct 19, 5:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin3 hr
Oct 19, 5:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland3 hr
Oct 19, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Hunt3 hr
Oct 19, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown56 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.