Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Feb 20, 1997, 11:55 AM CST (17:55 UTC)

Expired

Feb 20, 1997, 1:00 PM CST

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Tarrant 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.

798 
WFUS1 KFTW 201755 RRA
TORFTW
TXC439-201900-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1155 AM CST THU FEB 20 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...TARRANT COUNTY
 
AT 1155 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST
TARRANT COUNTY 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE BENBROOK MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH. BENBROOK...WHITE SETTLEMENT AND EXTREME WEST FORT WORTH ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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.