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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 21, 1991, 6:32 PM CST for Cooke County, Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 1991, 6:32 PM CST (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 1991, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cooke County, TX, Grayson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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, Mar 21, 1:39 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
TXZ019>033-220600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 145 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MONTAGUE...GRAHAM...ALBANY...HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WICHITA FALLS...SEYMOUR AND ANSON. AT 140 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS NEAR THE TOWNS OF SEYMOUR AND ARCHER CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD BE NEAR WICHITA FALLS BY 145 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STORMS SHOULD BE FORMING IN AN AREA FROM SAN ANGELO TO FORT WORTH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST VERY RAPIDLY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THREATENING THUNDERSTORM CLOUDS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 2:48 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 21, 3:58 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 345 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MONTAGUE...GRAHAM...ALBANY...HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WICHITA FALLS...SEYMOUR AND ANSON. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...PARIS...DALLAS...FORT WORTH... STEPHENVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALO PINTO AND BROWNWOOD. THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING IN NORTH TEXAS ARRIVED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND WICHITA FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL AROUND 200 PM NEAR IOWA PARK AND HENRIETTA. AT 340 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT STEPHENVILLE INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN BETWEEN WICHITA FALLS AND ARDMORE OKLAHOMA. ALSO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN ABILENE AND FORT WORTH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE RISK AREA IS NORTHWEST OF A MARSHALL-LONGVIEW-TEMPLE LINE. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IN THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S WILL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE INTO EASTERN COLORADO TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE LOW WILL DEEPEN IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE ROTATING NORTHEAST THROUGH WEST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE A DRY LINE FRONT...SITUATED NEAR A VERNON-ABILENE LINE AT 300 PM...TO MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL AND EAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STORMS SHOULD BE FORMING IN AN AREA FROM SAN ANGELO TO FORT WORTH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST VERY RAPIDLY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. RESIDENTS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THREATENING THUNDERSTORYM CLOUDS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 4:26 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 430 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...PARIS...DALLAS...FORT WORTH...STEPHENVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALO PINTO AND BROWNWOOD. AT 425 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT STEPHENVILLE INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS IN A LINE FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS TO NEAR GRAHAM TO NEAR STEPHENS TO EASTLAND AND FURTHER SOUTHWEST TO NEAR COLEMAN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA FALLS AND NEAR EASTLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE RISK AREA IS NORTHWEST OF A MARSHALL-LONGVIEW-TEMPLE LINE. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. RESIDENTS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH TZHIS EVENING AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 5:06 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 505 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...PARIS...DALLAS...FORT WORTH...STEPHENVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALO PINTO AND BROWNWOOD. AT 500 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT STEPHENVILLE INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS IN A LINE FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS TO JACKSBORO TO BRECKENRIDGE TO NEAR RISING STAR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR RISING STAR IN EASTLAND COUNTY. RADAR SIGNATURES INDICATE POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN EASTLAND...NORTHERN COMANCHE AND NORTHERN ERATH COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE. THIS FACTOR COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. RESIDENTS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 5:40 PM CST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 540 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM CST AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...PARIS...DALLAS...FORT WORTH...STEPHENVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALO PINTO AND BROWNWOOD. AT 535 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT STEPHENVILLE INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED IN A LINE FROM NEAR MONTAGUE TO SOUTHEAST OF GRAHAM TO PALO PINTO TO JUST EAST OF RISING STAR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF RISING STAR IN SOUTHERN EASTLAND COUNTY AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN EASTLAND...NORTHERN COMANCHE...AND NORTHERN ERATH COUNTY BETWEEN 535 AND 630 PM. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS OVER NORTH TEXAS CONTINUED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS EVENING AS A DRY LINE PUSHES INTO THE VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. RESIDENTS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 61 min |
| Mar 21, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 67 min |
| Mar 21, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan, Taylor | 63 min |
| Mar 21, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan, Taylor | 62 min |
| Mar 21, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford, Throckmorton | 58 min |
| Mar 21, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 58 min |
| Mar 21, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan, Taylor | 58 min |
| Mar 21, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Young | 50 min |
| Mar 21, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay | 67 min |
| Mar 21, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan, Taylor | 56 min |
| Mar 21, 9:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Taylor | 64 min |
| Mar 21, 10:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 65 min |
| Mar 21, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 61 min |
| Mar 21, 11:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 27 min |
| Mar 21, 11:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens | 67 min |
| Mar 21, 11:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 63 min |
| Mar 21, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 42 min |
| Mar 21, 11:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 46 min |
| Mar 22, 12:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 68 min |
| Mar 22, 12:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 33 min |
| Mar 22, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 31 min |
| Mar 22, 1:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 52 min |
| Mar 22, 1:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 1:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 30 min |
| Mar 22, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 60 min |
| Mar 22, 6:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt, Rockwall | 53 min |
| Mar 22, 6:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hunt | 37 min |
| Mar 22, 9:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Morris, Titus | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.