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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 2, 1997Hopkins County, Rains County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1997, 8:21 AM CST for Hopkins County, Rains County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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
Mar 2, 1997, 8:21 AM CST (14:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 9:30 AM CST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hopkins County, TX, Rains County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 8:40 AM CSTHail 0.75Brashear, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
546 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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

Local storm report, Mar 2, 4:54 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
454 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0805 PM    HILLSBORO                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   HILL

1026 PM    BELTON                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   BELL

1030 PM    2 SE TEMPLE               TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97   BELL                           MOBILE HOME WAS
                                          OVERTURNED, TREES UPROOTED
                                          AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT BY
                                          TSTM WIND

1030 PM    2 SE TEMPLE               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   BELL

1120 PM    LOTT                      TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97   FALLS                          A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN

1135 PM    MARLIN                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   FALLS

1210 AM    10 E GOLDTHWAITE          TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97   MILLS                          BARN WAS DAMAGED BY HIGH
                                          WINDS

1230 AM    6 SW GROESBECK            TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/02/97   LIMESTONE

0105 AM    HAMILTON                  TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/02/97   HAMILTON

0205 AM    6 NE SCALLORN             TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97   MILLS                          LARGE CEDAR TREES WERE
                                          BROKEN OFF ABOVE THE
                                          GROUND AND A BARN WAS
                                          DAMAGED
Local storm report, Mar 2, 4:55 AM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
454 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0805 PM    HILLSBORO                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   HILL

1026 PM    BELTON                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   BELL

1030 PM    2 SE TEMPLE               TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97   BELL                           MOBILE HOME WAS
                                          OVERTURNED, TREES UPROOTED
                                          AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT BY
                                          TSTM WIND

1030 PM    2 SE TEMPLE               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   BELL

1120 PM    LOTT                      TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97   FALLS                          A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN

1135 PM    MARLIN                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   FALLS

1210 AM    10 E GOLDTHWAITE          TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97   MILLS                          BARN WAS DAMAGED BY HIGH
                                          WINDS

1230 AM    6 SW GROESBECK            TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/02/97   LIMESTONE

0105 AM    HAMILTON                  TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/02/97   HAMILTON

0205 AM    6 NE SCALLORN             TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97   MILLS                          LARGE CEDAR TREES WERE
                                          BROKEN OFF ABOVE THE
           ~                               GROUND AND A BARN WAS
                                          DAMAGED
Local storm report, Mar 2, 7:28 AM CST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
728 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 AM                              TX   FLOODING
03/02/97   ERATH                          SOME COUNTY ROADS CLOSED
                                          DUE TO HIGH WATER.

0717 AM                              TX   FLOODING
03/02/97   LAMPASAS                       HIGH WATER PROBLEMS
                                          COUNTYWIDE

0717 AM                              TX   FLOODING
03/02/97   COMANCHE                       LOW LYING AREAS
                                          FLOODED...SEVERAL COUNTY
                                          ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER.

0720 AM                              TX   FLOODING
03/02/97  HAMILLTON                       SIDE STREETS CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER.
Local storm report, Mar 2, 7:30 AM CST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
728 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 AM                              TX   FLOODING
03/02/97   ERATH                          SOME COUNTY ROADS CLOSED
                                          DUE TO HIGH WATER.

0717 AM                              TX   FLOODING
03/02/97   LAMPASAS                       HIGH WATER PROBLEMS
                                          COUNTYWIDE

0717 AM                              TX   FLOODING
03/02/97   COMANCHE                       LOW LYING AREAS
                                          FLOODED...SEVERAL COUNTY
                                          ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER.

0720 AM                              TX   FLOODING
03/02/97  HAMILLTON                       SIDE
STREETS CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill48 min
Mar 1, 7:51 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHill54 min
Mar 1, 10:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell69 min
Mar 1, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls60 min
Mar 1, 11:36 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDFalls, Limestone69 min
Mar 2, 12:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas58 min
Mar 2, 12:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton60 min
Mar 2, 1:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Mills57 min
Mar 2, 2:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas68 min
Mar 2, 3:31 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Hamilton4 hr
Mar 2, 3:31 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDLampasas, Mills4 hr
Mar 2, 6:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto3 hr
Mar 2, 7:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton, Lampasas, Mills3 hr
Mar 2, 7:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath3 hr
Mar 2, 8:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt60 min
Mar 2, 9:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt60 min
Mar 2, 9:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills3 hr
Mar 2, 9:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland, Erath, Palo Pinto3 hr
Mar 2, 12:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Somervell6 hr
Mar 2, 12:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker6 hr
Mar 2, 12:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar47 min
Mar 2, 12:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Erath6 hr
Mar 2, 12:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto6 hr
Mar 2, 1:03 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDLamar57 min
Mar 2, 5:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque119 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.