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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 3, 1991Red River County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 3, 1991, 2:52 AM CDT for Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 3, 1991, 2:52 AM CDT (07:52 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 1991, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Red River County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 3:08 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Red River, TX
May 3, 3:10 AM 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, May 2, 9:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 9:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 11:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 12:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 1:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 2:01 AM CDT, 51 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, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	59 min
May 3, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	63 min
May 3, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Hunt	55 min
May 3, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	44 min
May 3, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar, Red River	53 min
May 3, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood	67 min
May 3, 5:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Smith, Upshur	41 min
May 3, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Smith	53 min
May 3, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell	66 min
May 3, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	64 min
May 3, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, McLennan	57 min
May 3, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	66 min
May 3, 2:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bell	4 hr
May 3, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coleman	56 min
May 3, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	68 min
May 3, 2:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	McLennan	3 hr
May 3, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Callahan, Taylor	62 min
May 3, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	59 min
May 3, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	56 min
May 3, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	54 min
May 3, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Coleman	64 min
May 3, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	59 min
May 3, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Callahan	64 min
May 3, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	63 min
May 3, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone, Robertson	58 min
May 3, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	42 min
May 3, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Brown	69 min
May 3, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon	61 min
May 3, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	68 min
May 3, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	65 min
May 3, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	63 min
May 3, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Young	4 hr
May 3, 5:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Camp, Morris, Titus	3 hr
May 3, 5:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Stephens	3 hr
May 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	61 min
May 3, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	65 min
May 3, 5:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Young	4 hr

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.