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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 3, 1991, 2:56 PM CDT for Coleman County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1991, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1991, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coleman County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.9
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 3, 9:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 3, 10:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1000 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 1991
...ADDITIONAL NORTH TEXAS STORM REPORTS FOR MAY 3 1991...
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE COUNTY EVENT
120 AM CDT TARRANT HIGH WINDS IN THE HURST-EULESS AREA...
NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE
140 AM CDT TARRANT 60 MPH WINDS IN SEAGOVILLE
150 AM CDT FANNIN TREE LIMBS ACROSS ROADS IN LEONARD
230-315 AM CDT LAMAR WIND DAMAGE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS
LAMAR COUNTY. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROOFS
DAMAGED AND TREES BLOWN DOWN.
300 AM CDT LAMAR SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OFF HIGHWAY
82 EAST OF PARIS
308 AM CDT RED RIVER NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND HOUSE
DAMAGE FROM WINDS IN IN BAGWELL AND
NEGLEY. NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN
ACROSS NORTHEAST COUNTY
415 AM CDT WOOD TREE BLOWN ACROSS ROAD IN WINNSBORO
445 AM CDT SMITH TREES DOWN IN CHAPEL HILL AREASpecial weather statement, May 3, 11:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-031720- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1120 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 1991 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR BRAZOS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR BELL ...BOSQUE...CORYELL...FALLS...HILL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 1115 AM CDT NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN THE WACO OR BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION LISTENING AREAS. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING NEAR THE TOWN OF CHEROKEE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN SAN SABA COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND COULD MOVE INTO BELL OR CORYELL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT OVER WEST TEXAS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND HIGH INSTABILITY...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. VERY HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF THE AREA. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PRESERVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 3, 11:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1125 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 1991 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT OVER A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS BOUNDED BY A PARIS...WACO...ABILENE...VERNON LINE. OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE AIRMASS OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND RICH WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TODAY. AS WARM SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS CONTINUE...GULF MOISTURE WILL BE TAPPED FURTHER. ALSO...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES LATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. BOTH OF THESE FACTORS...IN COMBINATION WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...WILL LEAD TO FURTHER DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. LATE THIS MORNING A DRYLINE...A SURFACE FEATURE SEPARATING MOIST AIR FROM DRIER AIR TO THE WEST...EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM NEAR CHILDRESS TO THE TEXAS BIG BEND. BY EARLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE DRYLINE...AND SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. THE VERTICAL PROFILE OF THE WINDS OVER NORTH TEXAS TODAY IS MARKED BY A SIGNIFICANT TURNING...AND THIS IS INDICATIVE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELL AND TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FIRST DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD WITH THE DRY LINE AND UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER MAY MOVE INTO THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY...EXPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION TODAY...AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 3, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
100 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 1991
...SUPPLEMENTAL NORTH TEXAS STORM REPORTS FOR MAY 3 1991...
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE COUNTY EVENT
440 AM CDT CAMP 60+ MPH WINDS BROKE NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS
AND DOWNED SOME TREES IN EASTERN OF
COUNTY BY LAKE OF THE PINES.
440 AM CDT UPSHUR A FEW LARGE LIMBS BROKEN...60 MPH WINDS
IN EXTREME NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY NEAR
LAKE OF THE PINES.
520 AM CDT UPSHUR BRIDGE WASHED OUT IN NORTHWEST PART OF
COUNTY. TREES DOWN ALONG FM 1844 AND
FM 259 IN SOUTHEAST PART OF COUNTY.Special weather statement, May 3, 2:44 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
TXZ021>033-025-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 245 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 1991 AT 235 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUING OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE IN THE DFW METROPLEX AREA. STRONGER ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM WACO TO KILLEEN TO LAMPASAS AND NORTH TO STEPHENVILLE. THIS WAS A NEARLY SOLID AREA OF ACTIVITY...THE STRONGEST WAS BETWEEN KILLEEN AND WACO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WAS NOTED IN SOUTHEAST JACK COUNTY ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN WESTERN WISE COUNTY SHOULD STAY ALERT AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN PARIS AND TYLER. ALSO...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY TO THE WEST OF LUFKIN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO HAVE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS TO PARIS AND INCLUDES THE METROPLEX AREA...WACO...BROWNWOOD...AND TEMPLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...EAST OF A LINE FROM SHERMAN TO HAMILTON TO SAN SABA. THE DFW METROPLEX...WACO...PARIS...LONGVIEW...AND LUFKIN ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. ADDITIONAL RAIN IN THE WATCH AREA WILL POSE A DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON TODAY'S WEATHER.
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, 2:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | 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, 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.