Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 1997, 1:03 PM CST for Lamar County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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 2, 1997, 1:03 PM CST (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1997, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lamar County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:06 PM CST | Hail 1 | Paris, 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 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 546 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 021905 RRA TORFTW TXC277-022000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 103 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...LAMAR COUNTY AT 1:03 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVCIE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 TO 50 MPH. PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES IN NORTH EAST LAMAR COUNTY NEED TO TAKE COVER NOW!! 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
Local storm report, Mar 2, 7:30 AM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
728 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 ERATH SOME COUNTY ROADS CLOSED
DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0717 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 LAMPASAS HIGH WATER PROBLEMS
COUNTYWIDE
0717 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 COMANCHE LOW LYING AREAS
FLOODED...SEVERAL COUNTY
ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER.
0720 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 HAMILLTON SIDE
STREETS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER.Local storm report, Mar 2, 8:37 AM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
837 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0804 AM TOOL TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 HENDERSON MOBILE HOME OVERTURNED BY
STRONG STRAIGHTLINE WINDS.
PEOPLE WERE INSIDE.
0815 AM KEMP TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 KAUFMAN WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN
BETWEEN KEMP AND MABANK.
0815 AM MABANK TX 1 INCH HAIL
03/02/97 KAUFMAN SEVERE WIND DAMAGE AND
LARGE HAIL OF UNKNOWN
SIZE. 5 PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
THE CITY OF KEMP...UNKNOWN
AS TO WHY. SHERIFFS DEPT.Local storm report, Mar 2, 8:38 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
837 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0804 AM TOOL TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 HENDERSON MOBILE HOME OVERTURNED BY
STRONG STRAIGHTLINE WINDS.
PEOPLE WERE INSIDE.
0815 AM KEMP TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 KAUFMAN WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN
BETWEEN KEMP AND MABANK.
0815 AM MABANK TX 1 INCH HAIL
03/02/97 KAUFMAN SEVERE WIND DAMAGE AND
LARGE HAIL OF UNKNOWN
SIZE. 5 PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
THE CITY OF KnEMP...UNKNOWN
AS TO WHY. SHERIFFS DEPT.Local storm report, Mar 2, 9:02 AM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
902 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 AM KERENS TX 100 MPH TSTM GUST
03/02/97 NAVARRO *** 2 DEAD ***
JUST NORTH OF KERENS...2
KILLED IN MOBILE HOME
WRECKAGE...BY STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS. REPORT
RECIEVED BY WACO DPS AT
850 AM...STORM OCCURRED AT
745 AM.
0823 AM CORSICANA TX TORNADO
03/02/97 NAVARRO FUNNEL REPORTED BY A
HELICOPTER OVER CORSICANA.
0830 AM TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 VAN ZANDT BARNS DESTROYED BY STAIGHT
LINE WINDS IN SOUTHERN
PART OF COUNTY.Local storm report, Mar 2, 10:49 AM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1049 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 AM TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 HENDERSON POSSIBLE
TORNADOS...BETWEEN 800AM
AND 815AM...NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF HOME DAMAGE AND
TREES DOWNED...ESTIMATED
100+ MPH WINDS.
0810 AM GUN BARREL CITY TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 HENDERSON EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE ON
HWY 198 FM MABANK TO GUN
BARREL CITY. DISASTER
AREA.
0920 AM MALAKOFF TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/02/97 HENDERSON
0945 AM FRUITVALE TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/02/97 VAN ZANDTLocal storm report, Mar 2, 10:50 AM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1049 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 AM TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 HENDERSON POSSIBLE
TORNADOS...BETWEEN 800AM
AND 815AM...NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF HOME DAMAGE AND
TREES DOWNED...ESTIMATED
100+ MPH WINDS.
0810 AM GUN BARREL CITY TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 HENDERSON EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE ON
HWY 198 FM MABANK TO GUN
BARREL CITY. "DISASTER
AREA".
0920 AM MA LAKOFF TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/02/97 HENDERSON
0945 AM FRUITVALE TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/02/97 VAN ZANDTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 7:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 54 min |
| Mar 1, 10:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 69 min |
| Mar 1, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 60 min |
| Mar 1, 11:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 69 min |
| Mar 2, 12:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 58 min |
| Mar 2, 12:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 1:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Mills | 57 min |
| Mar 2, 2:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 68 min |
| Mar 2, 3:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hamilton | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Lampasas, Mills | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 8:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains | 69 min |
| Mar 2, 9:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 9:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 12:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Erath | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 119 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.