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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1989, 9:11 PM CDT for Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1989, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1989, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Limestone 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KACT 300213
TORACT
TXC293-300300-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
911 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...LIMESTONE
AT 905 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES WEST
OF MEXIA. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.
IF YOU LIVE IN AJ HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.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
Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
515 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989
...ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM FTW WSFO CAR...EVENING OF
APRIL 28 1989...
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE EVENT
1050 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL - WOLF CITY...NORTHERN HUNT CO.
1110 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL AND "VERY HIGH WINDS" - WOODLAND...
NORTHWEST RED RIVER CO.Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 550 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE..CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 545 PM CDT A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..EXTENDED 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE TO NEAR AUSTIN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS..BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE EV#ENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 735 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS HAMILTON AND COMANCHE COUNTIES... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS HAMILTON AND COMANCHE COUNTIES AT 730 PM. ONE OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL AT SIDNEY...IN COMANCHE COUNTY...AT 7:15 PM. THIS PARTICULAR STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DOWNING AND DELEON AREAS BETWEEN 730 AND 800PM. IN HAMILTON COUNTY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN BORDER AT 730 AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON AND COMANCHE COUNTIES TIL 9PM THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 7:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 755 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 800 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR BELL..BOSQUE..BRAZOS..CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LEON.. LIMESTONE..MADISON..MCLENNAN..AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF TEXAS... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BOSQUE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REPLACE THE WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER FOR CENTRAL TEXAS. AT 750 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR CLIFTON TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WACO. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 10 MILES WEST OF COPPERAS COVE TO NEAR GOLDTHWAITE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BOSQUE..MCLENNAN AND BELL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT..FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. BE READY TO TAKE ACTION TO PRESERVE LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 8:43 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 840 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR BELL..BOSQUE..BRAZOS..CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LEON..LIMESTONE.. MADISON..MCLENNAN..AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF TEXAS... AT 835 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ELLIS..NAVARRO AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAXAHACHIE TO 10 MILES WEST OF MEXIA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF HICO TO 5 MILES WEST OF MCGREGOR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES NEAR BREMOND..NEAR JEWETT..10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISONVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PRESERVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 62 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.