Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 1993, 3:42 PM CDT for Brazos County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 1993, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 1993, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brazos County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 492 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KACT 142043 TORACT TXC041-142130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 342 PM CDT WED APR 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BRAZOS COUNTY A PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR THE ROBERTSON/BRAZOS COUNTY LINE 15 MILES NORTH OF BRYAN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN BRAZOS COUNTY IN AND NORTHOF BRYAN SHOULD TAKE COVER AT ONCE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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, Apr 14, 12:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1235 PM CDT WED APR 14 1993
TIME CDT COUNTY EVENT
14/0745 LIMESTONE WIND DAMAGE. CO-OP WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED
TREE BLOWN DOWN ON A VEHICLE. REPORTS OF
SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOFS, SEVERAL TV ANTENNAS
BLOWN DOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED OVER 60 MPH.
TOWN OF THORxNTON.
WLSpecial weather statement, Apr 14, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ019>033-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 1145 AM CST WED APR 14 1993 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EXTENDS EAST OF A CLARKSVILLE... TYLER...CROCKETT LINE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE LONGVIEW...TYLER...HENDERSON...RUSK...AND MT PLEASANT. ADDITIONALLY...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR A PORTION OF EAST TEXAS GENERALLY TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM CLARKSVILLE TO RUSK AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TEXARKANA...TO CARTHAGE...TO LUFKIN. THE CITIES OF DAINGERFIELD AND RUSK ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 1135 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM SHREVEPORT TO LUFKIN. AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINS WAS LOCATED FROM PALESTINE...TO JACKSONVILLE...TO GRAPELAND AND ALSO FROM MT VERNON TO DAINGERFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THE THREAT OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS NEED TO TAKE EXTRA TIME IN REACHING DESTINATIONS DUE TO RAIN SLICK ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 1:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ019>033-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 105 PM CST WED APR 14 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 1245 PM...THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WATCH AREA INTO WESTERN LOUISIANA WITH NO SEVERE WEATHER INDICATED AT THIS TIME. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON FOR THAT PORTION OF EAST TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A CLARKSVILLE... TYLER...CROCKETT LINE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE LONGVIEW...TYLER...HENDERSON...RUSK...AND MT PLEASANT. AT 1245 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST TEXAS. THIS AREA WAS GENERALLY EAST OF CLARKSVILLE...TO CANTON...TO CENTERVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS WERE INDICATED ALONG THE RED RIVER...BOWIE COUNTY LINE AND BETWEEN MT PLEASANT AND OMAHA. THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE RAIN AREA AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGE AREA OF RAIN HAS SLOWED IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THIS WILL ONLY SERVE TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THE RAIN ACTIVITY IN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THE THREAT OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS NEED TO TAKE EXTRA TIME IN REACHING DESTINATIONS DUE TO RAIN SLICK ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 1:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-141915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 114 PM CDT WED APR 14 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR WALKER COUNTY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 103 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE COLLEGE STATION...TO CENTERVILLE...TO TYLER. ALSO...SCATTERED PATCHES OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WERE NOTED ACROSS ROBERTSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED...RESIDENTS OF WALKER COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS IN THE WAKE OF< THE THUNDERSTORMS...NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL WANT TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THE FRONT BUILDS OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT UNTIL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER DEVELOPS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. 12
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 1:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-141915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 114 PM CDT WED APR 14 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR WALKER COUNTY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 103 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE COLLEGE STATION...TO CENTERVILLE...TO TYLER. ALSO...SCATTERED PATCHES OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WERE NOTED ACROSS ROBERTSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED...RESIDENTS OF WALKER COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS IN THE WAKE OF< THE THUNDERSTORMS...NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL WANT TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THE FRONT BUILDS OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT UNTIL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER DEVELOPS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. 12
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 2:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
TXZ019>033-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 105 PM CST WED APR 14 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 1245 PM...THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WATCH AREA INTO WESTERN LOUISIANA WITH NO SEVERE WEATHER INDICATED AT THIS TIME. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON FOR THAT PORTION OF EAST TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A CLARKSVILLE... TYLER...CROCKETT LINE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE LONGVIEW...TYLER...HENDERSON...RUSK...AND MT PLEASANT. AT 1245 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST TEXAS. THIS AREA WAS GENERALLY EAST OF CLARKSVILLE...TO CANTON...TO CENTERVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS WERE INDICATED ALONG THE RED RIVER...BOWIE COUNTY LINE AND BETWEEN MT PLEASANT AND OMAHA. THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE RAIN AREA AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGE AREA OF RAIN HAS SLOWED IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THIS WILL ONLY SERVE TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THE RAIN ACTIVITY IN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THE THREAT OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS NEED TO TAKE EXTRA TIME IN REACHING DESTINATIONS DUE TO RAIN SLICK ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wood | 56 min |
| Apr 13, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 62 min |
| Apr 13, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Stonewall | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Stonewall | 47 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.