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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 16, 1997Eastland County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1997, 8:13 PM CDT for Eastland County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 16, 1997, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1997, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eastland County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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
Jun 16, 8:16 PM CDTTornado F0Pioneer, TXSpotters reported a brief tornado touchdown.
Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Eastland, TX
Jun 16, 8:34 PM CDTHail 0.75Eastland, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas60 min
Jun 16, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton47 min
Jun 16, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin65 min
Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto63 min
Jun 16, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche63 min
Jun 16, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall52 min
Jun 16, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant49 min
Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise45 min
Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell43 min
Jun 16, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker56 min
Jun 16, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton51 min
Jun 16, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDThrockmorton48 min
Jun 16, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant69 min
Jun 16, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
Jun 16, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung44 min
Jun 16, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens64 min
Jun 16, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack57 min
Jun 16, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto57 min
Jun 16, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant62 min
Jun 16, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
Jun 16, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant61 min
Jun 16, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt57 min
Jun 16, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Jun 16, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson63 min
Jun 17, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Rains63 min
Jun 17, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche29 min
Jun 17, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton67 min
Jun 17, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas60 min
Jun 17, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman63 min
Jun 17, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.