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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 1991, 1:06 PM CDT for Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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
- Apr 13, 1991, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 1991, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Red River County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Red River, TX | |
| Apr 13, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Red River, TX | |
| Apr 13, 1:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Red River, 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 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, Apr 13, 7:11 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ031-131315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 710 AM CDT SAT APR 13 1991 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 700 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF HILL...FALLS...MCLENNAN AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS NOTED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEXIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SURFACE FRONT AND APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN INDICATED ACROSS THE AREA...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS< AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF SEVERE} WEATHER DEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. BB
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 7:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ019>033-131200- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 750 AM CDT SAT APR 13 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE THE CITIES OF STEPHENVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AREA IS EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...STEPHENVILLE...LAMPASAS LINE. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A WICHITA FALLS TO SAN SABA LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS WEST OF THIS LINE. A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED NORTH...SOUTH ACROSS ALONG A MONTAGUE TO SAN SABA LINE. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS SERVING AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS MORNING. WARM AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE INTO NORTH TEXAS AT LOWER LEVELS ON A LOW LEVEL JET OVER EAST TEXAS. ALOFT A STRONG UPPER AIR TROUGH WAS MOVING INTO NEW MEXICO AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD TODAY. AS THE UPPER TROUGH COME CLOSER TO NORTH TEXAS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH AND SOME COULD BECOME SEVERE AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT TIME HOURS AT 745 AM...WEATHER RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG AND PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...EXTENDING FROM NEAR GAINESVILLE TO GLEN ROSE TO SAN SABA. THE PRECIPITATION EXENDED BACK TO THE WEST ABOUT 60 MILES. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WAS BOUNDED BY A PARIS TO PALESTINE TO HILLSBORO TO DALLAS/FORT WORTH LINE. THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF WEATHERFORD...10 MILES SOUTH OF QUITMAN...AND 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATHENS. KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 8:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ031-131415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 815 AM CDT SAT APR 13 1991 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 810 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM DALLAS..TO MERIDIAN...TO NEAR LLANO. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN BOSQUE COUNTY NEAR WALNUT SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS DETECTED...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST TODAY...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE.< AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FLASH FLOODING WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SOME OF THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. BB
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 8:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ019>033-131500- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 855 AM CDT SAT APR 13 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY A MONTAGUE TO EASTLAND TO COLEMAN LINE AND ON THE EAST BY A SHERMAN TO GLEN ROSE TO SAN SABA LINE. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR THAT PART NORTH TEXAS EAST OF THE SHERMAN TO GLEN ROSE TO SAN SABA LINE AND WEST OF LINE GENERALLY A 20 EAST OF CLARKSVILLE TO ATHENS TO 40 MILES EAST OF TEMPLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AREA IS EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...STEPHENVILLE...LAMPASAS LINE. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A WICHITA FALLS TO SAN SABA LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS WEST OF THIS LINE. AT 855 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME INTENSE AND PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE ACTIVITY WAS BOUNDED BY A TEXARKANA TO RUSK TO WACO TO SAN SABA TO WICHITA FALLS LINE. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE...ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE...EXTENDED ALONG A MCKINNEY TO DALLAS DENTON TO CLEABURN TO GATESVILLE SOUTHWARD LINE. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST TO 30 MPH. PEA SIZE4 HAIL WAS REPORTED AT HICO AROUND 8 AM. KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 9:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 7:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson | 45 min |
| Apr 12, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 45 min |
| Apr 12, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 59 min |
| Apr 12, 10:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill | 4 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 12:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 59 min |
| Apr 13, 9:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Somervell | 4 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 4 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 4 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 12:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell, Falls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brazos, Robertson | 58 min |
| Apr 13, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Madison | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brazos | 57 min |
| Apr 13, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brazos | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.