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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 16, 1989Johnson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1989, 7:37 PM CDT for Johnson County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 1989, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Johnson 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 16, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Johnson, TX
May 16, 8:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 74	Johnson, 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 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, 1:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
248 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

AT 245 PM CDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED
HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED WEST AND NORTHWEST OF A
LINE FROM MINERAL WELLS TO STEPHENVILLE TO BROWNWOOD. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER CONTINUES.

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Special weather statement, May 16, 3:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
345 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...
LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN...LEON...AND ROBERTSON...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH TEXAS NORTH
OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO KILLEEN...TO LUFKIN. THIS INCLUDES
MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES PLUS LEON COUNTY...

AT 3:40 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND SHOWERS INCREASING OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE THE WACO AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR
WHILE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING MONITORED WEST THROUGH
<NORTHWEST OF THE WACO AREA BETWEEN MINERAL WELLS AND COMANCHE
AND WESTWARD. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...
HOWEVER THE GENERAL AREA WAS MOVING EAST AND WILL BE AFFECTING
THE WACO AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE LEADING EDGE COULD REACH
BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES BY 5 PM.  SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS
MAY CONTAIN LARG<E HAIL.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
DEVELOPMENTS.

Special weather statement, May 16, 5:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
500 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THAT
PART OF NORTH TEXAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO KILLEEN TO LUFKIN.
THIS INCLUDES MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES PLUS LEON COUNTY...

AT 4:55 PM CDT...WACO RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
SOUTH END OF LAKE WHITNEY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY
OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN HILL COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
A POSSIBLE WARNING SHOULD THIS STORM CONTINUE TO BECOME STRONGER.

ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE FORT WORTH
AREA AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DECATUR TO WEATHERFORD TO WEST OF
HAMILTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.

Special weather statement, May 16, 6:45 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 7:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	69 min
May 16, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hood	17 min
May 16, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Rains	67 min
May 16, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	67 min
May 16, 7:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	59 min
May 16, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Callahan	57 min
May 16, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	57 min
May 16, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wood	57 min
May 16, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis	44 min
May 16, 8:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	2 hr
May 16, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman	65 min
May 16, 9:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	2 hr
May 16, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Rains, Wood	53 min
May 16, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Upshur	53 min
May 16, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	56 min
May 16, 10:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Rains, Wood	3 hr
May 16, 10:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	3 hr
May 16, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Rains, Smith, Van Zandt, Wood	57 min
May 16, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fisher	59 min
May 16, 11:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Smith, Wood	119 min
May 16, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Knox	61 min
May 16, 11:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	2 hr
May 16, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Haskell, Jones	65 min
May 16, 11:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Camp, Upshur	3 hr
May 17, 4:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	50 min
May 17, 5:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Johnson, Tarrant	5 hr
May 17, 6:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Rockwall	4 hr
May 17, 6:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	38 min
May 17, 6:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin	3 hr
May 17, 7:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hill, Limestone, McLennan	4 hr
May 17, 7:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque	4 hr
May 17, 7:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Coryell	25 min
May 17, 8:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Coryell	45 min
May 17, 8:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone	3 hr
May 17, 8:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Anderson, Cherokee	33 min
May 17, 8:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Smith	33 min
May 17, 9:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	McLennan	30 min
May 17, 9:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cherokee, Smith	29 min
May 17, 9:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson, Navarro, Smith	113 min
May 17, 9:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	57 min
May 17, 9:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Smith	49 min
May 17, 10:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	59 min
May 17, 10:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Henderson	64 min
May 17, 10:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Upshur	65 min
May 17, 10:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	58 min
May 17, 11:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro	3 hr
May 17, 11:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Smith	3 hr
May 17, 11:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hill, Limestone, McLennan	3 hr
May 17, 11:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	3 hr
May 17, 11:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Falls	3 hr
May 17, 1:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Upshur, Wood	3 hr
May 17, 2:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Smith	3 hr
May 17, 2:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	3 hr
May 17, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	63 min
May 17, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	43 min
May 17, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cherokee, Smith	60 min
May 17, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Knox	56 min
May 17, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Smith	42 min
May 17, 5:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Smith	3 hr
May 17, 5:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson	3 hr
May 17, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Smith	46 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.