Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 19, 1991, 1:26 PM CST for Upshur County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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
- Nov 19, 1991, 1:26 PM CST (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 1991, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Upshur County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 1:35 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Upshur, 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 191927 SVRFTW TXC459-192015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 126 PM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...EASTERN UPSHUR COUNTY AT 125 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GILMER MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED DIME HAIL IN GLADEWATER. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Nov 19, 10:41 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-191730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1040 AM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 AT 1032 AM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NUMEROUS ALONG A LINE FROM TEAGUE TO CALDWELL. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM NEAR ITASCA TO STILLHOUSETHUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM WEST OF FAIRFIELD TO HOLLOW LAKE. AN ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWE R WAS JUST NORTH OF BELLMEAD. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNING BULLETINS. 05
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 10:43 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-191730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1040 AM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 AT 1032 AM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NUMEROUS ALONG A LINE FROM TEAGUE TO CALDWELL. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM NEAR ITASCA TO STILLHOUSEHOLLOW LAKE. AN ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWER WAS JUST NORTH OF BELLMEAD. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNING BULLETINS. 05
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 11:47 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-191830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1144 AM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BELL...FALLS...LIMESTONE...BRAZOS ...LEON...ROBERTSON...AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 6PM CST... AT 1141 AM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR WEST TO JUST WEST OF MARLIN. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM NORTHWEST OF FAIRFIELD TOOVER SOUTHERN LIMESTOJNE COUNTY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR ROGERS...ROSEBUD...MARQUEZ AND WEST OF OAKWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 12:33 PM CST, 53 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-191930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1230 PM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BELL...FALLS...LIMESTONE...BRAZOS ...LEON...ROBERTSON...AND MADISON COUNTIES WILL BE CANCELLED AT 1245 PM CST... AT 1227 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR TEAGUE JUST NORTH OF SOMERVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CORSICANA TO JUST NORTH OF CALVERT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT AND 8 MILES WEST OF MART. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 12:38 PM CST, 48 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-191930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1230 PM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BELL...FALLS...LIMESTONE...AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES WILL BE CANCELLED AT 1245 PM CST...LEON...BRAZOS AND MADISON WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM CST... AT 1227 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR TEAGUE JUST NORTH OF SOMERVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CORSICANA TO JUST NORTH OF CALVERT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT AND 8 MILES WEST OF MART. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNElD TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 12:53 PM CST, 33 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-191930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1230 PM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BELL...FALLS...LIMESTONE...AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES WILL BE CANCELLED AT 1245 PM CST...A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR LEON...BRAZOS AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 6PM CST AFTER 1245 PM... AT 1227 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR TEAGUE JUST NORTH OF SOMERVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CORSICANA TO JUST NORTH OF CALVERT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT AND 8 MILES WEST OF MART. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 10:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 64 min |
| Nov 19, 10:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 69 min |
| Nov 19, 11:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith, Wood | 40 min |
| Nov 19, 11:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 56 min |
| Nov 19, 11:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Upshur | 52 min |
| Nov 19, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp | 60 min |
| Nov 19, 11:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 67 min |
| Nov 19, 11:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 61 min |
| Nov 19, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 68 min |
| Nov 19, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Morris | 60 min |
| Nov 19, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee, Smith | 61 min |
| Nov 19, 1:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cherokee, Smith | 4 hr |
| Nov 19, 1:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 4 hr |
| Nov 19, 1:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Madison | 43 min |
| Nov 19, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.