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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 13, 1997Fannin County, Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1997, 6:23 PM CDT for Fannin County, Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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
Jun 13, 1997, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1997, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fannin County, TX, Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDTHail 1.75Gober, TX
Jun 13, 6:40 PM CDTThunderstorm WindGreenville, TXStrong winds blew down trees and power lines.
Jun 13, 7:20 PM CDTThunderstorm WindCommerce, TXStrong winds blew a tree onto a house.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2302 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 250 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-260 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 132325
TORFTW
TXC147-231-140015-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
623 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN FANNIN COUNTY...NORTHERN HUNT COUNTY
 
AT 623 PM...RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF WOLFE CITY.
PARENT STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung46 min
Jun 12, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack58 min
Jun 12, 11:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack40 min
Jun 12, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise64 min
Jun 13, 12:01 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack59 min
Jun 13, 12:06 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise69 min
Jun 13, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant76 min
Jun 13, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker76 min
Jun 13, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise60 min
Jun 13, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton53 min
Jun 13, 2:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
Jun 13, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin62 min
Jun 13, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt69 min
Jun 13, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson60 min
Jun 13, 4:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin54 min
Jun 13, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar61 min
Jun 13, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins48 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Lamar60 min
Jun 13, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar63 min
Jun 13, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin60 min
Jun 13, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar4 hr
Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar65 min
Jun 13, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta60 min
Jun 13, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin60 min
Jun 13, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDelta30 min
Jun 13, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins70 min
Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt65 min
Jun 13, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins60 min
Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta60 min
Jun 13, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.