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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 19, 1993McLennan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 1993, 8:05 PM CDT for McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
Oct 19, 1993, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County McLennan County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 19, 8:15 PM CDTTornado F0Waco, TXA brief touchdown was reported by a cooperative observer in Robinson.

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

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 00:00Z on 1993-10-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 00:00Z on 1993-10-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-337 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith, Van Zandt64 min
Oct 19, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Titus, Wood65 min
Oct 19, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins65 min
Oct 19, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood3 hr
Oct 19, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson3 hr
Oct 20, 1:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt2 hr
Oct 20, 1:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman2 hr
Oct 20, 1:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Morris, Titus4 hr
Oct 20, 1:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRains100 min
Oct 20, 1:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Limestone4 hr
Oct 20, 2:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt, Wood3 hr
Oct 20, 2:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro3 hr
Oct 20, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith, Upshur3 hr
Oct 20, 3:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman3 hr
Oct 20, 3:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins, Rains3 hr
Oct 20, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee44 min
Oct 20, 5:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDVan Zandt, Wood3 hr

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.