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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 4, 1989Brown County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 1989, 11:16 PM CDT for Brown County, Texas. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 1989, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1989, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Brown County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 1989-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3113 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 1989-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
3113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
8.1

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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
May 4, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard, Hardeman62 min
May 4, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor, Wilbarger69 min
May 4, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox69 min
May 4, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Stonewall63 min
May 4, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton63 min
May 4, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher69 min
May 4, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHaskell59 min
May 4, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens57 min
May 4, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung69 min
May 4, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall63 min
May 4, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJones, Shackelford60 min
May 4, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita69 min
May 4, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto63 min
May 4, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay59 min
May 4, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Erath57 min
May 4, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague64 min
May 4, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto61 min
May 4, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland55 min
May 4, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker66 min
May 4, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill68 min
May 4, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Somervell67 min
May 4, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath64 min
May 4, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHood62 min
May 4, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant55 min
May 4, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche59 min
May 4, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague58 min
May 4, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan58 min
May 4, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson65 min
May 4, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis61 min
May 4, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton67 min
May 4, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland67 min
May 4, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Navarro61 min
May 4, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant69 min
May 4, 11:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan36 min
May 4, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone58 min
May 4, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNavarro57 min
May 4, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell55 min
May 4, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson60 min
May 4, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman, Rockwall60 min
May 5, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell57 min
May 5, 12:06 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone69 min
May 5, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Robertson59 min
May 5, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Smith, Van Zandt, Wood62 min
May 5, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee62 min
May 5, 12:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
May 5, 12:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
May 5, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Titus67 min
May 5, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell59 min
May 5, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrazos, Madison59 min
May 5, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith, Upshur67 min
May 5, 1:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.