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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 1989, 8:15 PM CST for Archer County, Baylor County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Mar 28, 1989, 8:15 PM CST (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1989, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Archer County, TX, Baylor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 9:14 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Archer, 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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPS 290217
TORSPS
TXC009-023-290315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
815 PM CST TUE MAR 28 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA FALLS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...EASTERN ARCHER...WESTERN BAYLOR
AT 812 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR ELBERT
IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN THROCKMORTON COUNTY. REPORTS FROM THIS
AREA INDICATED A FUNNEL HAS BEEN SIGHTED. THIS STORM IS
MOVING DUE NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ALONG THE WESTERN ARCHER
AND EASTERN BAYLOR COUNTY LINES DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.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, Mar 28, 4:02 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 355 PM CST TUE MAR 28 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON...BRAZOS...ROBERTSON... AND MADISON COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 3:40 PM CST RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ATHENS TO LA GRANGE AND EASTWARD. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM LA GRANGE TO COLLEGE STATION...AND FROM OAKWOOD IN NORTHEAST LEON COUNTY TO FAIRFIELD. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR JACKSONVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA MENTIONED ABOVE SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND NIGHT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 4:34 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 430 PM CST TUE MAR 28 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON...BRAZOS...ROBERTSON... AND MADISON COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 420 PM CST RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE FROM NEAR PALESTINE TO SOUTH OF CENTERVILLE TO SOUTH OF THE BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREA. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. FLOOD CREST OF NEAR 20 FEET ALONG COWHOUSE CREEK IN CORYELL COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH HIGH WATER THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY RAINS NOW FALLING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.06
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 5:23 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 520 PM CST TUE MAR 28 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON...BRAZOS...ROBERTSON...AND MADISON... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 510 PM CST RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING FROM FREESTONE COUNTY THROUGH NORTHERN LEON ...EASTERN MADISON AND NORTHERN BRAZOS COUNTIES. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. FLOOD CREST OF NEAR 20 FEET ALONG COWHOUSE CREEK IN CORYELL COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH HIGH WATER THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY RAINS NOW FALLING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER FORMATION AND BE PRE PARED TO SEEK SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.06
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 6:27 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 625 PM CST TUE MAR 28 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON...BRAZOS...ROBERTSON...AND MADISON... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 615 PM CST RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN EASTERN LEON COUNTY. OTHER PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WERE DEVELOPING IN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WEST TEXAS FROM EAST OF ABILENE TO NORTHWEST OF FREDERICKSBURG. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. FLOOD CREST OF NEAR 20 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG COWHOUSE CREEK IN CORYELL COUNTY THIS EVEING BUT SHOULD SUBSIDE DURING THE NIGHT. FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY RAINS NOW FALLING THROUGH THE EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREST OF CHANGING WEATERH CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS^ OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.06
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 7:36 PM CST, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 730 PM CST TUE MAR 28 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON...BRAZOS...ROBERTSON...AND MADISON... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 725 PM CST RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PORTION OF EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BUT APPEAR TO BE DECREASING IN INTENSITY. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS IN EASTERN LEON AND MADISON COUNTIES. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY FROM NEAR LLANO NORTHWARD TO BRECKENRIDGE. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. FLOOD CREST OF NEAR 20 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG COWHOUSE CREEK IN CORYELL COUNTY THIS EVEING BUT SHOULD SUBSIDE DURING THE NIGHT. FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY RAINS NOW FALLING THROUGH THE EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREST OF CHANGING WEATERH CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.02
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 7:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 66 min |
| Mar 28, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 63 min |
| Mar 29, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 2:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 10:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 11:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:19 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 3 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.