Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1997, 3:35 PM CDT for Comanche County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report 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 15, 1997, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1997, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Comanche County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Mercers Gap, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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 severe thunderstorm 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 15, 12:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-152300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1215 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TO CROCKETT LINE. A LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS LOCATED ALONG A SHREVEPORT TO WAXAHACHIE TO COMANCHE LINE. THIS...ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SUGGESTS THAT THE MAIN THREAT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, May 15, 12:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-152300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1215 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TO CROCKETT LINE. A LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS LOCATED ALONG A SHREVEPORT TO WAXAHACHIE TO COMANCHE LINE. THIS...ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SUGGESTS THAT THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, May 15, 12:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-152300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1215 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TO CROCKETT LINE. A LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS LOCATED ALONG A SHREVEPORT TO WAXAHACHIE TO COMANCHE LINE. THIS...ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SUGGESTS THAT THE MAIN THREAT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, May 15, 12:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-152300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1215 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TO CROCKETT LINE. A LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS LOCATED ALONG A SHREVEPORT TO WAXAHACHIE TO COMANCHE LINE. THIS...ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SUGGESTS THAT THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 66 min |
| May 15, 9:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 15, 9:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 60 min |
| May 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 60 min |
| May 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 58 min |
| May 15, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 67 min |
| May 15, 5:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.