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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 2, 1991Haskell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 1991, 3:56 PM CDT for Haskell County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 1991, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1991, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Haskell County, TX

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, 1:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 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, 2 hours 5 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 56 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, 1 hour 34 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, 54 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, 48 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox54 min
May 2, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFisher66 min
May 2, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown55 min
May 2, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJones36 min
May 2, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHaskell64 min
May 2, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox41 min
May 2, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDScurry62 min
May 2, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher62 min
May 2, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones64 min
May 2, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher66 min
May 2, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan66 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.