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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 16, 1989Jones County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1989, 12:56 PM CDT for Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 2 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 16, 1989, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1989, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Jones 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
May 16, 1:12 PM CDTHail 1.75Jones, TX
May 16, 1:50 PM CDTHail 2.75Jones, 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 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 12:00Z on 1989-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1760 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 12:00Z on 1989-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1760 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
9.4

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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 tornado 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 16, 9:56 AM CDT, 3 hours before
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Local storm report, May 16, 12:52 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
100 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

TIME    COUNTY          EVENT

1240A   COLLIN          PEA SIZE HAIL IN FARMERSVILLE
 215A   COOKE           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT MUENSTER
 307A   COOKE           BASEBALL SIZE HAIL W OF GAINESVILLE
 325A   COOKE           FLOODING IN MUENSTER, MOBILE HOMES
                        FLOODED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF COUNTY
 340A   COOKE           LOCAL FLOODING PECAN CREEK.  STREET
                        FLOODING IN GAINESVILLE
 412A   GRAYSON         GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WESTSIDE OF SHERMAN
 421A   GRAYSON         GOLFBALL AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN
                        SHERMAN.  EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN.
 425A   COOKE           WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF HOMES IN GAINES-
                        VILLE.
 430A   GRAYSON         60+ MPH WINDS, 3/4 - 1" HAIL COVERING
                        GROUND AT HOWE.
 433A   GRAYSON         WINDOWS IN SHERMAN BEING BROKEN BY HAIL
 438A   GRAYSON         GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN LEULLA.  1" RAIN
                        IN SHERMAN PAST 30 MINUTES.
 457A   FANNIN          QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT SAVOY.
 430A   RED RIVER       PEA SIZE HAIL IN CLARKSVILLE.
 507A   COOKE           I-35 FROM DENTON TO GAINESVILLE AND 82
                        WEST TO ST JO CLOSED.  EXTENSIVE FLOOD-
                        ING OF HOMES.  WIND DAMAGE AT CALLISBURG
 515A   FANNIN          NORTHWEST OF RAVENA, AND WEST OF BONHAM,
                        WIND DAMAGE.  HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND
                        LARGER BREAKING OUT WINDOWS THROUGHOUT
                        TOWN.
 517A   GRAYSON         NURSING HOME IN WHITEWRIGHT EVACUATING
                        DUE TO FLOODING.
 530A   COOKE           GAINESVILLE POLICE REPORTS 7.26 " OF RAIN
 535A   TARRANT         2 MILES SW CROWLEY, 50 MPH WINDS AND
                        MARBLE HAIL.
 543A   FANNIN          HAIL TO BASEBALL SIZE AT LAKE BONHAM.
                        ROOF COLLAPSED AT THE VA HOSPITAL.  NO
                        REPORTED INJURIES.  WIND DAMAGE SCATTERED
                        AROUND CITY AND COUNTY.  1.9" RAIN IN
                        APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES.
 550A   LAMAR           FUNNEL SIGHTED 10 WSW PARIS.
 520A   GRAYSON         LATE REPORTS - HAIL DAMAGE ALL AROUND
                        AREA.  WINDOWS OUT OF HOMES AND WIND-
                        SHIELDS OUT OF CARS.  ROOF OF POLICE
                        DEPARTMENT COLLAPSED.  6" OF WATER IN
                        BUILDING.  NO COMMUNICATIONS.
 700A   FANNIN          LATE REPORT - SCHOOL ROOF IN ECTOR
                        COLLAPSED.
 725A   WOOD            PEA SIZE HAIL AT QUITMAN
 735A   KAUFMAN         TERREL POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS TREES
                        DOWN AND DAMAGE TO HOUSES.
 820A   TARRANT         45-50 MPH WINDS, 1.39 " RAIN IN
                        WEDGEWOOD.
 828A   WOOD            SEVERAL STREETS UNDER WATER IN QUITMAN.
 835A   DALLAS          MESQUITE POLICE RESCUING PEOPLE OUT OF
                        FLOODED CARS.
 855A   FANNIN          US HIGHWAY 82 BETWEEN SAVOY AND ECTOR
                        CLOSED FROM HIGH WATER.
 900A   MONTAGUE        BOWIE 10.25 " RAIN; ANTELOPE 11.18"
 955A   SMITH           SOME TREES DOWNED AND ROADS CLOSED IN
                        TYLER.
1055A   ANDERSON        SMALL HAIL REPORTED IN NECHES.
1127A   DALLAS          DALLAS EOC REPORTS 12-15 HOUSES WITH
                        WATER, MAINLY IN THE PLEASANT GROVE AND
                        SOUTH DALLAS AREAS.
1225P   CHEROKEE        HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CLOSED FM 2274 OFF OF
                        HIGHWAY 79 NEAR NEW SUMMERFIELD.
1225P   SMITH           STR:EET FLOODING IN TYLER.  WATER OVER
                        ROADS IN EASTERN PART OF COUNTY.
Special weather statement, May 16, 12:56 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1250 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED
FROM THE WACO AREA OF CENTRAL TEXAS...EASTWARD DEEP INTO THE PINEY
WOODS OF EAST TEXAS. AT 12:45 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
FROM EAST OF MARLIN IN FALLS COUNTY...TO NEAR CENTERVILLE IN LEON
COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR CORSICANA
AND SOUTH OF FORT WORTH NEAR BURLESON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

TO THE WEST...WACO RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCREASING
BOTH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THIS ACTIVITY LAY WEST OF THE
HAMILTON AREA AND EXTENDED WESTWARD BEYOND COLEMAN. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING GENERALLY TOWARD THE EAST AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL
TEXAS REGION DURING THE NEXT ONE TOH TWO HOURS.
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RESIDENTS OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE
TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WEATHER INFORMATION
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor58 min
May 15, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton59 min
May 15, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher55 min
May 15, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher64 min
May 15, 10:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBaylor4 hr
May 15, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung59 min
May 15, 10:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher4 hr
May 15, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay, Jack69 min
May 16, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita3 hr
May 16, 12:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDYoung4 hr
May 16, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay, Montague60 min
May 16, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher60 min
May 16, 1:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Baylor, Wichita4 hr
May 16, 1:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke4 hr
May 16, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke56 min
May 16, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay, Montague61 min
May 16, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke62 min
May 16, 3:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Baylor, Wichita, Young4 hr
May 16, 3:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague4 hr
May 16, 3:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson4 hr
May 16, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson62 min
May 16, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar, Red River56 min
May 16, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson56 min
May 16, 4:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin5 hr
May 16, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin2 hr
May 16, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River66 min
May 16, 5:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar4 hr
May 16, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar55 min
May 16, 5:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke2 hr
May 16, 6:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Clay, Jack, Montague, Young4 hr
May 16, 6:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBaylor, Wichita4 hr
May 16, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker57 min
May 16, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman54 min
May 16, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt66 min
May 16, 8:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall3 hr
May 16, 8:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith63 min
May 16, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith63 min
May 16, 9:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDUpshur, Wood4 hr
May 16, 9:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson4 hr
May 16, 9:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Grayson4 hr
May 16, 9:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke4 hr
May 16, 9:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Navarro4 hr
May 16, 10:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Cherokee4 hr
May 16, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Cherokee57 min
May 16, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan60 min
May 16, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox60 min
May 16, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor67 min
May 16, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard, Knox58 min
May 16, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan55 min
May 16, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung63 min
May 16, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens55 min
May 16, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard56 min
May 16, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Taylor61 min
May 16, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger68 min
May 16, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto67 min
May 16, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard31 min
May 16, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard, Hardeman61 min
May 16, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant66 min
May 16, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker50 min
May 16, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger33 min
May 16, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack59 min
May 16, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill49 min
May 16, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas48 min
May 16, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis54 min
May 16, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin45 min
May 16, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall50 min
May 16, 6:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood68 min
May 16, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood68 min

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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.