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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 1, 1997Hill County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 1997, 7:27 PM CST for Hill County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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 1, 1997, 7:27 PM CST (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 1997, 8:15 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hill County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 8:05 PM CSTHail 0.75Hillsboro, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 1997-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 434 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 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

425 
WUUS1 KFTW 020126 RRA
SVRFTW
TXC217-020215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
727 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...HILL COUNTY
 
AT 727 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR HILLSBORO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  AS IT APPROACHES YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE MOVE TO STURDY SHELTER NOW.

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, Mar 1, 3:50 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ093>095-104>107-118>123-133-134-012300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
350 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

...TORNADO WATCH 75 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...

THAT PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 75 GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A
CLARKSVILLE...TO QUITMAN...TO CANTON LINE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... LAMAR... DELTA... HOPKINS...
RAINS...VAN ZANDT AND COUNTIES TO THE WEST.

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Special weather statement, Mar 1, 3:52 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ093>095-104>107-118>123-133-134-012300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
350 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

...TORNADO WATCH #75 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...

THAT PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH #75 GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A
CLARKSVILLE...TO QUITMAN...TO CANTON LINE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... LAMAR... DELTA... HOPKINS...
RAINS...VAN ZANDT AND COUNTIES TO THE WEST.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 8:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Rains69 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.