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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1997, 5:20 PM CDT for McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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
- May 30, 1997, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County McLennan County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mc Gregor, TX | Trees were blown down by strong winds. |
| May 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Moody, TX | Strong winds damaged an outbuilding and uprooted small trees. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 341 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 925 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 302220 RRA TORFTW TXC309-302300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 520 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MCLENNAN COUNTY STORM SPOTTERS REPORT A POSSIBLE TORNODO BEWTEEN CRAWFORD AND MCGREGOR MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 30, 11:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-310000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1150 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR MAINLY SOUTHEAST PARTS THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THE AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE RISK AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH FURTHER DESTABILIZATION LIKELY DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. RE-DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF SHEAR IN THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL SHIFT INTO THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES NORTH OF A COMANCHE...TO CANTON LINE MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED AFTER 1230 PM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY SOUTH OF THIS LINE AFTER 300 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 76
Special weather statement, May 30, 11:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-310000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1150 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR MAINLY SOUTHEAST PARTS THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THE AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE RISK AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH FURTHER DESTABILIZATION LIKELY DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. RE-DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF SHEAR IN THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL SHIFT INTO THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES NORTH OF A COMANCHE...TO CANTON LINE MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED AFTER 1230 PM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY SOUTH OF THIS LINE AFTER 300 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 76
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 2 hr |
| May 30, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 60 min |
| May 30, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 2 hr |
| May 30, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 62 min |
| May 30, 7:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 30 min |
| May 30, 7:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 27 min |
| May 30, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 69 min |
| May 30, 7:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 2 hr |
| May 30, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 60 min |
| May 30, 8:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 15 min |
| May 30, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Tarrant | 63 min |
| May 30, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 32 min |
| May 30, 9:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 2 hr |
| May 30, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 68 min |
| May 30, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 51 min |
| May 30, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 67 min |
| May 30, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 65 min |
| May 30, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 65 min |
| May 30, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 61 min |
| May 30, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, McLennan | 70 min |
| May 30, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 60 min |
| May 30, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 43 min |
| May 30, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 48 min |
| May 30, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 43 min |
| May 30, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 55 min |
| May 30, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 64 min |
| May 30, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 68 min |
| May 30, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 34 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.