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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 3, 1989Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1989, 11:02 PM CDT for Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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
Jun 3, 1989, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1989, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Wilbarger 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 11:30 PM CDTHail 0.88Wilbarger, 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1989-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1989-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Jun 3, 5:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
520 PM CDT SAT JUN 03 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT OVER THE
NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY NORTH OF A BENJAMIN TO
SHERMAN LINE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES COOKE...GRAYSON AND
FANNIN COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS.

AT 520 PM RADARS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR LAWTON TO NEAR FREDERICK. THE AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND THE LINE WAS
DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HOLD TOGETHER
THEY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO COOKE...GRAYSON AND FANNIN
COUNTIES BY 615 PM. BOATERS ON LAKE TEXOMA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER ON
SHORE BEFORE THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS YOU SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH OR WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO IF YOUR CAR IS CAUGHT IN RISING
WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
555 PM CDT SAT JUN 03 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT OVER THE
NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY NORTH OF A BENJAMIN TO
SHERMAN LINE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES COOKE...GRAYSON AND
FANNIN COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS.

AT 555 PM RADARS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHCENTRAL
OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR MCALESTER TO NEAR WICHITA FALLS. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND THE LINE WAS DEVELOPING TO
THE SOUTHWEST. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HOLD TOGETHER AND MAINTAIN
THEIR PRESENT MOVEMENT THEY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO
COOKE...GRAYSON AND FANNIN COUNTIES BEFORE 800 PM. BOATERS ON LAKE
TEXOMA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER ON SHORE BEFORE THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.

IF YOU LIVE IN COOKE...GRAYSON OR FANNIN COUNTIES YOU SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH OR WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO IF YOUR CAR IS CAUGHT IN RISING
WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
655 PM CDT SAT JUN 03 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT OVER THE
NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS
GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM BOSTON IN BOWIE COUNTY TO NEAR
EASTLAND TO NEAR WICHITA FALLS.

THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA ALONG WITH SHERMAN...PARIS...DENTON...
MCKINNEY AND MINERAL WELLS.

AT 655 PM RADARS INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHCENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE THUNDERSTORMS HOLD TOGETHER AND
MAINTAIN THEIR PRESENT MOVEMENT THEY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER
INTO COOKE...GRAYSON AND FANNIN COUNTIES BEFORE 800 PM. BOATERS ON
LAKE TEXOMA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER ON SHORE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THESE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS YOU SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOT]ORISTS SHOULD
NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH OR WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO IF YOUR CAR IS CAUGHT IN RISING
WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
800 PM CDT SAT JUN 03 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT OVER THE
NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS
GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM BOSTON IN BOWIE COUNTY TO NEAR
EASTLAND TO NEAR WICHITA FALLS.

THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA ALONG WITH SHERMAN...PARIS...DENTON...
MCKINNEY AND MINERAL WELLS.

AT 800 PM RADARS INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MARIETTA IN
LOVE COUNTY OF SOUTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE THUNDERSTORM MAINTAINS ITS PRESENT
MOVEMENT IT WILL MOVE ALONG THE RED RIVER...ACROSS LAKE TEXOMA BEFORE
900 PM. BOATERS ON LAKE TEXOMA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER ON SHORE
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS YOU SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH OR WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO IF YOUR CAR IS CAUGHT IN RISING
WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
900 PM CDT SAT JUN 03 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT OVER THE
NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS
GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM BOSTON IN BOWIE COUNTY TO NEAR
EASTLAND TO NEAR WICHITA FALLS.

THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA ALONG WITH SHERMAN...PARIS...DENTON...
MCKINNEY AND MINERAL WELLS.

AT 900 PM RADARS INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE TEXOMA NORTH OF
SHERMAN. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BONHAM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BOATERS ON LAKE TEXOMA SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER ON SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS YOU SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER
INSIDE A 0STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS
FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO IF YOUR CAR IS CAUGHT IN RISING WATER...
ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman58 min
Jun 3, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard38 min
Jun 3, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman28 min
Jun 3, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar57 min
Jun 3, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton65 min
Jun 3, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita55 min
Jun 4, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan33 min
Jun 4, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar58 min
Jun 4, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWood63 min
Jun 4, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton, Grayson56 min
Jun 4, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens57 min
Jun 4, 1:20 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens55 min
Jun 4, 1:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar, Red River4 hr
Jun 4, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin68 min
Jun 4, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWood68 min
Jun 4, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt57 min
Jun 4, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River57 min
Jun 4, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDScurry63 min
Jun 4, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Wise55 min
Jun 4, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant68 min
Jun 4, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Stonewall62 min
Jun 4, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Hunt61 min
Jun 4, 3:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Denton3 hr
Jun 4, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell64 min
Jun 4, 3:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke3 hr
Jun 4, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones, Taylor56 min
Jun 4, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell56 min
Jun 4, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Hunt3 hr
Jun 4, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRockwall3 hr
Jun 4, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins55 min
Jun 4, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton65 min
Jun 4, 4:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Shackelford65 min
Jun 4, 4:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Lamar, Red River, Titus55 min
Jun 4, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens58 min
Jun 4, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Coleman59 min
Jun 4, 5:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar, Red River5 hr
Jun 4, 5:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson5 hr
Jun 4, 5:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland50 min
Jun 4, 6:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath63 min
Jun 4, 6:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin5 hr
Jun 4, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant68 min
Jun 4, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell68 min
Jun 4, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton68 min
Jun 4, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas62 min
Jun 4, 10:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar4 hr
Jun 4, 11:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin3 hr
Jun 4, 2:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Lamar3 hr

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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.