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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 19, 1991, 11:59 AM CST for Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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
- Nov 19, 1991, 11:59 AM CST (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 1991, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 12:15 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Smith, TX | |
| Nov 19, 12:50 PM CST | Hail 2 | Smith, TX | |
| Nov 19, 1:10 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Smith, 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 nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
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, Nov 19, 9:47 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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TXZ031-032-037-191730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1040 AM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 AT 1032 AM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NUMEROUS ALONG A LINE FROM TEAGUE TO CALDWELL. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM NEAR ITASCA TO STILLHOUSETHUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM WEST OF FAIRFIELD TO HOLLOW LAKE. AN ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWE R WAS JUST NORTH OF BELLMEAD. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNING BULLETINS. 05
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 10:43 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-191730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1040 AM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 AT 1032 AM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NUMEROUS ALONG A LINE FROM TEAGUE TO CALDWELL. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM NEAR ITASCA TO STILLHOUSEHOLLOW LAKE. AN ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWER WAS JUST NORTH OF BELLMEAD. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNING BULLETINS. 05
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 11:47 AM CST, 12 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-191830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1144 AM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BELL...FALLS...LIMESTONE...BRAZOS ...LEON...ROBERTSON...AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 6PM CST... AT 1141 AM CST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR WEST TO JUST WEST OF MARLIN. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM NORTHWEST OF FAIRFIELD TOOVER SOUTHERN LIMESTOJNE COUNTY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR ROGERS...ROSEBUD...MARQUEZ AND WEST OF OAKWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 10:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 64 min |
| Nov 19, 10:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 69 min |
| Nov 19, 11:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith, Wood | 40 min |
| Nov 19, 11:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 56 min |
| Nov 19, 11:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Upshur | 52 min |
| Nov 19, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp | 60 min |
| Nov 19, 11:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 67 min |
| Nov 19, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 68 min |
| Nov 19, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Morris | 60 min |
| Nov 19, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee, Smith | 61 min |
| Nov 19, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur | 49 min |
| Nov 19, 1:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cherokee, Smith | 4 hr |
| Nov 19, 1:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 4 hr |
| Nov 19, 1:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Madison | 43 min |
| Nov 19, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 63 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.