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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1989, 11:37 PM CDT for Bell County, Coryell County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 4 reports 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
- May 2, 1989, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1989, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bell County, TX, Coryell County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 11:58 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Bell, TX | |
| May 3, 12:00 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Coryell, TX | |
| May 3, 12:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Coryell, TX | |
| May 3, 12:21 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Bell, TX |
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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 949 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
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 severe thunderstorm 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, May 2, 7:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 721 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT ...TO INCLUDE BOSQUE COUNTY... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1200 PM MIDNIGHT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS...TO INCLUDE CORYELL COUNTY... AT 711 PM CDT A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE...FROM CISCO...TO BURLESON TO 10 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN STEPHENS COUNTY... SOUTHEAST OF CADDO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM GRAHAM...TO JACKSBORO...TO SOUTHWEST OF DENTON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 35 MILES AN cHOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY ALERT...SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA. 07
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 56 min |
| May 2, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 41 min |
| May 2, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 69 min |
| May 2, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 65 min |
| May 2, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 60 min |
| May 2, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 59 min |
| May 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 67 min |
| May 2, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 61 min |
| May 2, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 62 min |
| May 2, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 55 min |
| May 2, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 57 min |
| May 2, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 52 min |
| May 2, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 62 min |
| May 2, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 58 min |
| May 2, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 55 min |
| May 2, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 61 min |
| May 3, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 33 min |
| May 3, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 45 min |
| May 3, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 57 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.