Tornado Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Feb 20, 1997, 11:33 AM CST (17:33 UTC)

Expired

Feb 20, 1997, 12:15 PM CST

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Parker County, TX, Wise County, 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.

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TTAA00 KFTW 201734 RRA
TORFTW
TXC367-497-201815-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1133 AM CST THU FEB 20 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...PARKER COUNTY...WISE COUNTY
 
AT 1130 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT THREE MILES
NORTH NORTHWWEST OF SPRINGTOWN IN NORTHERN PARKER COUNTY. THE PARENT
STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE
KEETER...COTTONDALE... AND PARADISE AREAS BEFORE NOON.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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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.