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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 2, 1991Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1991, 12:21 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1991, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1991, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Wise County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1991-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1275 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1991-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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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, Jun 2, 11:38 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard61 min
Jun 1, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman53 min
Jun 2, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman50 min
Jun 2, 9:50 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHood18 min
Jun 2, 10:29 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHood31 min
Jun 2, 10:49 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker26 min
Jun 2, 11:20 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker25 min
Jun 2, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan59 min
Jun 2, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor70 min
Jun 2, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens52 min
Jun 2, 3:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDStephens2 hr
Jun 2, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland57 min
Jun 2, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke41 min
Jun 2, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker68 min
Jun 2, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Denton55 min
Jun 2, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland63 min
Jun 2, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood47 min
Jun 2, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker62 min
Jun 2, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson58 min
Jun 2, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman56 min
Jun 2, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas62 min
Jun 2, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones55 min
Jun 2, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath43 min
Jun 2, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland53 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

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.