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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 2, 1991Jones County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 1991, 2:39 PM CDT for Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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: May 2, 1991, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 1991, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Jones County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 2, 2:57 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Jones, TX
May 2, 3:18 PM CDT	Tornado F2	Jones, 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, May 2, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 1:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 1:51 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

TXZ019>033-022000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
150 PM CDT THU MAY 2 1991

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
AT 1245 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ON A LINE
FROM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUSTIN TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
STEPHENVILLE TO JUST EAST OF ABILENE.  THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS
BAND WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN PARKER COUNTY AND EASTERN EASTLAND
COUNTY.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MPH.

A VERY STRONG STORM WAS NOTED ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF SAN ANTONIO ALONG
WITH MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF AN ABILENE TO
WICHITA FALLS LINE.  THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS
AS WELL AS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS GENERALLY INSIDE A LINE FROM CROWELL TO
JACKSBORO TO TEMPLE TO COLEMAN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNEINGS.

Special weather statement, May 2, 2:00 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

TXZ019>033-022000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO RADAR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
150 PM CDT THU MAY 2 1991

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
AT 145 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ON A LINE
FROM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUSTIN TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
STEPHENVILLE TO JUST EAST OF ABILENE.  THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS
BAND WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN PARKER COUNTY AND EASTERN EASTLAND
COUNTY.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MPH.

A VERY STRONG STORM WAS NOTED ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF SAN ANTONIO ALONG
WITH MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF AN ABILENE TO
WICHITA FALLS LINE.  THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS
AS WELL AS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS GENERALLY INSIDE A LINE FROM CROWELL TO
JACKSBORO TO TEMPLE TO COLEMAN.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, May 2, 2:22 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Knox	54 min
May 2, 2:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Fisher	66 min
May 2, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Brown	55 min
May 2, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Haskell	64 min
May 2, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Knox	41 min
May 2, 3:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Scurry	62 min
May 2, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fisher	62 min
May 2, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Haskell	64 min
May 2, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jones	64 min
May 2, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fisher	66 min
May 2, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Nolan	66 min

Nearby

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