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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 7, 1991Mitchell County, Scurry County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1991, 7:53 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1991, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1991, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1991-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 700 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1991-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell66 min
May 7, 8:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell4 hr
May 7, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell, Scurry63 min
May 7, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard, Hardeman33 min
May 7, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger44 min
May 7, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell, Nolan63 min
May 7, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens59 min
May 7, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Shackelford60 min
May 7, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland57 min
May 8, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown65 min
May 8, 5:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.