Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1991

Tornado Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 13, 1991Red River County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 13, 1:10 PM CDTTornado F2Red River, TX
Apr 13, 1:25 PM CDTTornado F2Red River, TX
Apr 13, 1:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Red 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
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 9:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 7:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson3 hr
Apr 12, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson47 min
Apr 12, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson60 min
Apr 12, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill65 min
Apr 12, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson45 min
Apr 12, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson45 min
Apr 12, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill59 min
Apr 12, 10:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson3 hr
Apr 12, 11:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill4 hr
Apr 13, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill43 min
Apr 13, 12:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis59 min
Apr 13, 9:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Somervell4 hr
Apr 13, 9:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton4 hr
Apr 13, 9:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant4 hr
Apr 13, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis2 hr
Apr 13, 10:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Coryell, McLennan3 hr
Apr 13, 11:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall3 hr
Apr 13, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell64 min
Apr 13, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis31 min
Apr 13, 12:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Limestone3 hr
Apr 13, 1:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Falls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan3 hr
Apr 13, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrazos, Robertson58 min
Apr 13, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Madison52 min
Apr 13, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrazos57 min
Apr 13, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrazos62 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes 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.