Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1997, 5:36 PM CDT for Falls County, Leon County, Robertson County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1997, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1997, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Falls County, TX, Leon County, TX, Robertson County, TX
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 4281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
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 27, 12:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-280000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1220 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PARIS TO TERRELL TO GOLDTHWAITE. SOME CITIES IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDE...PARIS...WACO...TEMPLE...KILLEEN...SULPHUR SPRINGS...CENTERVILLE AND CORSICANA. VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT ARE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING ABUNDANT LIFTING ENERGY. IN ADDITION...STABILITY INDICES ARE STRONG. LATE THIS MORNING...A COOL FRONT STRETCHED ALONG A PARIS TO DALLAS TO SAN ANGELO LINE. AS DAYTIME HEATING MAXIMIZED AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN FACTOR SUPPRESSING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION ABOUT 4000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE. THIS CAP WOULD REQUIRE A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN THE UPPER 90S TO BREAK ON DAYTIME HEATING ALONE. THE ADDED LIFT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE MAY BE ENOUGH TO HELP TO OVERCOME THE CAP... BUT...ONLY IN ISOLATED AREAS. HIGH INSTABILITIES ALOFT MEAN THAT THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. STRONG VERTICAL MOTIONS IN THESE STORMS...DUE TO STRONG CAPES...SUGGEST A MAIN THREAT OF LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WEAK WIND SHEAR PROFILES SUGGESTS THAT THE TORNADO POTENTIAL IS LOW. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN NORTHEAST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION BY 3PM WHILE ACTIVATION ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS MAY OCCUR AFTER 6 PM. 77
Special weather statement, May 27, 12:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-280000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1220 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PARIS TO TERRELL TO GOLDTHWAITE. SOME CITIES IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDE...PARIS...WACO...TEMPLE...KILLEEN...SULPHUR SPRINGS...CENTERVILLE AND CORSICANA. VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT ARE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING ABUNDANT LIFTING ENERGY. IN ADDITION...STABILITY INDICES ARE STRONG. LATE THIS MORNING...A COOL FRONT STRETCHED ALONG A PARIS TO DALLAS TO SAN ANGELO LINE. AS DAYTIME HEATING MAXIMIZED AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN FACTOR SUPPRESSING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION ABOUT 4000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE. THIS CAP WOULD REQUIRE A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN THE UPPER 90S TO BREAK ON DAYTIME HEATING ALONE. THE ADDED LIFT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE MAY BE ENOUGH TO HELP TO OVERCOME THE CAP... BUT...ONLY IN ISOLATED AREAS. HIGH INSTABILITIES ALOFT MEAN THAT THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. STRONG VERTICAL MOTIONS IN THESE STORMS...DUE TO STRONG CAPES...SUGGEST A MAIN THREAT OF LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WEAK WIND SHEAR PROFILES SUGGESTS THAT THE TORNADO POTENTIAL IS LOW. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN NORTHEAST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION BY 3PM WHILE ACTIVATION ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS MAY OCCUR AFTER 6 PM.j 77
Local storm report, May 27, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
250 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0154 PM 2 W LORENA TX TORNADO
05/27/97 MCLENNAN SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES
DAMAGED AND ONE HOUSE
DESTROYED
0159 PM 1 E MOODY TX TORNADO
05/27/97 MCLENNAN BUILDINGS DAMAGED
0206 PM EDDY TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/97 FALLS
0225 PM TROY TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/97 BELL
0231 PM BELTON TX TORNADO
05/27/97 BELL
0240 PM 3 N BELTON TX TORNADO
05/27/97 BELLLocal storm report, May 27, 2:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
250 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0154 PM 2 W LORENA TX TORNADO
05/27/97 MCLENNAN SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES
DAMAGED AND ONE HOUSE
DESTROYED
0159 PM 1 E MOODY TX TORNADO
05/27/97 MCLENNAN BUILDINGS DAMAGED
0206 PM EDDY TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/97 FALLS
0225 PM TROY TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/97 BELL
0231 PM BELTON TX TORNADO
05/27/97 BELL
0240 PM 3 N BELTON TX TORNADO
05/27/97 BELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 58 min |
| May 26, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Grayson | 46 min |
| May 26, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 69 min |
| May 26, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Grayson | 62 min |
| May 27, 12:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 63 min |
| May 27, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 60 min |
| May 27, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 60 min |
| May 27, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Lamar | 60 min |
| May 27, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 68 min |
| May 27, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 68 min |
| May 27, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 55 min |
| May 27, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 39 min |
| May 27, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 43 min |
| May 27, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls | 33 min |
| May 27, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 42 min |
| May 27, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill, Navarro | 60 min |
| May 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 45 min |
| May 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Navarro | 45 min |
| May 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 45 min |
| May 27, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 47 min |
| May 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Limestone | 54 min |
| May 27, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Navarro | 47 min |
| May 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Limestone | 47 min |
| May 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 55 min |
| May 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Limestone, McLennan | 61 min |
| May 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 30 min |
| May 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 51 min |
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.