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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 4, 1989Palo Pinto County, Stephens County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1989, 1:20 AM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1989, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1989, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Palo Pinto County, TX, Stephens County, TX

The radar

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

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, Jun 3, 8:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
800 PM CDT SAT JUN 03 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT OVER THE
NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS
GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM BOSTON IN BOWIE COUNTY TO NEAR
EASTLAND TO NEAR WICHITA FALLS.

THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA ALONG WITH SHERMAN...PARIS...DENTON...
MCKINNEY AND MINERAL WELLS.

AT 800 PM RADARS INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MARIETTA IN
LOVE COUNTY OF SOUTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE THUNDERSTORM MAINTAINS ITS PRESENT
MOVEMENT IT WILL MOVE ALONG THE RED RIVER...ACROSS LAKE TEXOMA BEFORE
900 PM. BOATERS ON LAKE TEXOMA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER ON SHORE
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS YOU SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH OR WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO IF YOUR CAR IS CAUGHT IN RISING
WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
900 PM CDT SAT JUN 03 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT OVER THE
NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS
GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM BOSTON IN BOWIE COUNTY TO NEAR
EASTLAND TO NEAR WICHITA FALLS.

THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA ALONG WITH SHERMAN...PARIS...DENTON...
MCKINNEY AND MINERAL WELLS.

AT 900 PM RADARS INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE TEXOMA NORTH OF
SHERMAN. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BONHAM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BOATERS ON LAKE TEXOMA SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER ON SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS YOU SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER
INSIDE A 0STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS
FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO IF YOUR CAR IS CAUGHT IN RISING WATER...
ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman58 min
Jun 3, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard38 min
Jun 3, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman28 min
Jun 3, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar57 min
Jun 3, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton65 min
Jun 3, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger58 min
Jun 3, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita55 min
Jun 4, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan33 min
Jun 4, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar58 min
Jun 4, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWood63 min
Jun 4, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton, Grayson56 min
Jun 4, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens57 min
Jun 4, 1:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar, Red River4 hr
Jun 4, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin68 min
Jun 4, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWood68 min
Jun 4, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt57 min
Jun 4, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River57 min
Jun 4, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDScurry63 min
Jun 4, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Wise55 min
Jun 4, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant68 min
Jun 4, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Stonewall62 min
Jun 4, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Hunt61 min
Jun 4, 3:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Denton3 hr
Jun 4, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell64 min
Jun 4, 3:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke3 hr
Jun 4, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones, Taylor56 min
Jun 4, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell56 min
Jun 4, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Hunt3 hr
Jun 4, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRockwall3 hr
Jun 4, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins55 min
Jun 4, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton65 min
Jun 4, 4:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Shackelford65 min
Jun 4, 4:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Lamar, Red River, Titus55 min
Jun 4, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens58 min
Jun 4, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Coleman59 min
Jun 4, 5:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar, Red River5 hr
Jun 4, 5:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson5 hr
Jun 4, 5:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland50 min
Jun 4, 6:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath63 min
Jun 4, 6:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin5 hr
Jun 4, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant68 min
Jun 4, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell68 min
Jun 4, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton68 min
Jun 4, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas62 min
Jun 4, 10:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar4 hr
Jun 4, 11:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin3 hr
Jun 4, 2:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Lamar3 hr

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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.