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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 30, 1997Coryell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1997, 5:32 PM CDT for Coryell County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 1997, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Coryell County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Oglesby, TX	A tornado developed near Oglesby, moved south for 5 miles and dissipated near Mother Neff State Park. Along the tornado's path a home received major damage, siding was removed from a church, several barns and outbuildings were destroyed, numerous large trees
May 30, 5:54 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Oglesby, TX
May 30, 5:58 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 70	Oglesby, TX	Strong winds blew down 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

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 367 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 302232 RRA
TORFTW
TXC099-302315-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
532 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...CORYELL COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DECTECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 8 MILES
EAST OF GATESVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS TORNOADO THREATENS
THE TOWN OF OGLESBY. RESIDENT NEED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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 42 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.

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Special weather statement, May 30, 11:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 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.

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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, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	McLennan	40 min
May 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls	60 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.