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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 7, 1989Callahan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1989, 2:14 PM CDT for Callahan County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
Jun 7, 1989, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1989, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Callahan 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
Jun 7, 2:17 PM CDTTornado F2Callahan, 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 1989-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 836 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 1989-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 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
836 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-273 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
614 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox42 min
Jun 6, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTaylor64 min
Jun 6, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan57 min
Jun 6, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Jones66 min
Jun 6, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman60 min
Jun 6, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Coleman69 min
Jun 6, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath62 min
Jun 7, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay, Wichita56 min
Jun 7, 3:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDClay, Wichita4 hr
Jun 7, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague63 min
Jun 7, 4:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise62 min
Jun 7, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Parker, Tarrant69 min
Jun 7, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise49 min
Jun 7, 5:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto57 min
Jun 7, 5:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker, Tarrant3 hr
Jun 7, 5:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Denton3 hr
Jun 7, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas58 min
Jun 7, 6:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson63 min
Jun 7, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant27 min
Jun 7, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto66 min
Jun 7, 7:07 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHood, Somervell68 min
Jun 7, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath62 min
Jun 7, 7:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman68 min
Jun 7, 7:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque57 min
Jun 7, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan63 min
Jun 7, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Madison40 min
Jun 7, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins44 min
Jun 7, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland60 min
Jun 7, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Titus59 min
Jun 7, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant40 min
Jun 7, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche59 min
Jun 7, 4:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
Jun 7, 4:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Jun 7, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas25 min
Jun 7, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton54 min
Jun 7, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMorris49 min
Jun 7, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith54 min
Jun 7, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson69 min
Jun 7, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell45 min
Jun 7, 5:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Johnson118 min
Jun 7, 5:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Somervell118 min
Jun 7, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell43 min
Jun 7, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill41 min
Jun 7, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Hopkins, Wood58 min
Jun 7, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque41 min
Jun 7, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill51 min
Jun 7, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque37 min
Jun 7, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan52 min
Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.