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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1989, 7:42 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1989, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1989, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mitchell 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 864 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABI 030042
TORABI
TXC335-030145-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
742 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...MITCHELL
AT 740PM SEVERE STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO IN MITCHELL COUNTY 8
MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR AND HAS ALEADY PRODUCED GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL
HAIL OVER NORTHWEST MITCHELL COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOM#ES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.
AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.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, Jun 2, 6:55 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 655 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989 THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING WITH SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AT 750 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS TO THE DALLAS/ FORT WORTH AREA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE ALONG THE NORTHERN DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY BORDER... IN DENTON COUNTY NEAR DENTON AND BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND MONTAGUE. STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHING INTO NORTH TEXAS FROM EARLY STORMS IN OKLAHOMA AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WAS FUELING THE STORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER IN THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL... STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:09 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTED RADAR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 655 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989 THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING WITH SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AT 650 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS TO THE DALLAS/ FORT WORTH AREA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE ALONG THE NORTHERN DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY BORDER... IN DENTON COUNTY NEAR DENTON AND BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND MONTAGUE. STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHING INTO NORTH TEXAS FROM EARLY STORMS IN OKLAHOMA AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WAS FUELING THE STORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER IN THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL... STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:41 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 740 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING. AT 735 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EXTENDING FROM WICHITA FALLS TO SOUTH OF DALLAS. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR GAINESVILLE... NORTHWEST OF DENTON AND NEAR DALLAS/FORT WORTH. STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS FEEDING THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORMED ALONG AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING INTO NORTH TEXAS. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER IN THE AREA. THE"SE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL... STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Madison | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 40 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989
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.