Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT for Haskell County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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
- Jun 14, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1997, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haskell County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Rule, TX | Strong winds blew down trees. |
| Jun 14, 8:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Sagerton, TX | Strong winds blew down trees. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 4114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 150100 RRA SVRFTW TXC207-150200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 800 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...HASKELL COUNTY AT 800 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF HASKELL MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL ENTER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN 805 AND 815 PM. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND HAIL UP TO INCH IN DIAMETER. THIS STORM WILL REACH THE TOWN OF HASKELL BETWEEN 830 AND 9 PM.
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, Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours before
M 12 NW PALESTINE TX .75 INCH HAIL 06/14/97 ANDERSON 0200 AM PALESTINE TX 1 INCH HAIL 06/14/97 ANDERSON WESTERN SIDE OF TOWN
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-150915- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 635 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF A MONTAGUE TO MINERAL WELLS TO LAMPASAS LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BRECKENRIDGE...EASTLAND AND JACKSBORO. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES IS MINIMAL. AT 615 PM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN WEST TEXAS FROM CHILDRESS TO BIG SPRINGS TO SANDERSON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTH TEXAS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...BUT AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE HAS SUPPRESSED THUNDERSTORM INITIATION TODAY. THUS...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WITH THE LINE OF STORMS AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD. AFTER MIDNIGHT...IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE STORMS WILL RUN INTO THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND WEAKEN RAPIDLY. SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUESTED FOR ACTIVATION IN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES BY 730 PM...ALONG AND JUST WEST OF JACKSBORO TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM...AND NEAR A MONTAGUE TO LAMPASAS LINE BETWEEN 1030 AND 1130 PM.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-150915- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 635 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF A MONTAGUE TO MINERAL WELLS TO LAMPASAS LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BRECKENRIDGE...EASTLAND AND JACKSBORO. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES IS MINIMAL. AT 615 PM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN WEST TEXAS FROM CHILDRESS TO BIG SPRINGS TO SANDERSON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTH TEXAS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...BUT AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE HAS SUPPRESSED THUNDERSTORM INITIATION TODAY. THUS...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WITH THE LINE OF STORMS AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD. AFTER MIDNIGHT...IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE STORMS WILL RUN INTO THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND WEAKEN RAPIDLY. SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUESTED FOR ACTIVATION IN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES BY 730 PM...ALONG AND JUST WEST OF JACKSBORO TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM...AND NEAR A MONTAGUE TO LAMPASAS LINE BETWEEN 1030 AND 1130 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 56 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.