Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 1991, 3:13 PM CDT for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- May 2, 1991, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1991, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scurry County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Scurry, 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABI 022013
TORABI
TXC415-022115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE
313 PM CDT THU MAY 2 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE WEST PART OF TEXAS
SCURRY
AT 312 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HERMLEIGH MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.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, 1:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ031-037-021910- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 110 PM CDT THU MAY 2 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR BELL... BOSQUE...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 102 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NORTHWEST OF COMANCHE TO NEAR CALDWELL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER BELL AND CORYELL COUNTIES FROM NORTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN TO WEST OF GATESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND A SURFACE WARM FRONT WERE COMBINING TO PRODUCE THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE A POSSIBLITY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN CORYELL AND BELL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS ON LAKES BELTON AND STILLHOUSE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF RAPIDLY INCREASING WINDS AND BE READY TO GO TO SHORE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 13 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, 51 minutes before
TXZ031-037-021910- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 220 PM CDT THU MAY 2 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR BELL... BOSQUE...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 212 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NEAR COMANCHE TO NEAR GIDDINGS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF GATESVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE TO NEAR LEXINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE...HOWEVER AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE WEST...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN BELL AND CORYELL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD zALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THESE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:02 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
TXZ019>033-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 300 PM CDT THU MAY 2 1991 AT 255 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ON A LINE FROM WACO TO STEPHENVILLE TO 15 MILES WEST OF WICHITA FALLS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN WESTERN BOSQUE COUNTY AND IN STEPHENS COUNTY NEAR BRECKENRIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER PATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED IN WISE COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIER ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THAT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INSIDE A LINE FROM CROWELL TO JACKSBORO TO TEMPLE AND TO COLEMAN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:08 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
TXZ031-037-022130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 305 PM CDT THU MAY 2 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR BELL... BOSQUE...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 300 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN PARTS OF EASTERN CORYELL...WESTERN MCLENNAN AND SOUTHERN BELL COUNTIES. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PARTS OF BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL... MCLENNAN...BELL...FALLS...ROBERTSON AND BRAZOS COUNTIES. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. NONE OF THE STORMS IN CENTRAL TEXAS WERE SEVERE...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPEMENT REMAINS AND PERSON IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP UP WITH CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE STORMS NOW OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS AREA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
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, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 36 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, 3:43 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
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.