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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 23, 1997Anderson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 23, 1997, 6:06 PM CST for Anderson County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
Jan 23, 1997, 6:06 PM CST (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 1997, 7:00 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Anderson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 23, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jan 23, 4:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 00:00Z on 1997-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 454 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
454 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 240005
SVRFTW
TXC001-240100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
606 PM CST THU JAN 23 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...ANDERSON COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR PALESTINE MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY C
HANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.