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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 10, 1989Brown County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1989, 6:06 PM CDT for Brown County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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
Jun 10, 1989, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1989, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Brown 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 10, 6:25 PM CDTHail 1.75Brown, TX
Jun 10, 7:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Brown, 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 303 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1989-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1560 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1989-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.1

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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 10, 9:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson57 min
Jun 10, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls55 min
Jun 10, 12:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls3 hr
Jun 10, 12:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone3 hr
Jun 10, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt62 min
Jun 10, 3:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls86 min
Jun 10, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan68 min
Jun 10, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Nolan57 min
Jun 10, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown64 min
Jun 10, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDShackelford60 min
Jun 10, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman67 min
Jun 10, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown55 min
Jun 10, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton60 min
Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche55 min
Jun 10, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman60 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.