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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 4, 1997Coryell County, Lampasas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 1997, 5:32 PM CST for Coryell County, Lampasas County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 1997, 5:32 PM CST (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 1997, 6:00 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coryell County, TX, Lampasas County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 4, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 345 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1922 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 042332 RRA
TORFTW
TXC099-281-050000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
532 PM CST FRI APR 4 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...CORYELL COUNTY...EASTERN LAMPASAS COUNTY
 
AT 532 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING
TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF LAMPASAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH AND WILL AFFECT EASTERN LAMPASAS COUNTY AND THE TOWNS OF COPPERAS
COVE THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF FORT HOOD. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
SHOULD 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 2:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone, Robertson55 min
Apr 4, 2:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, Robertson55 min
Apr 4, 8:23 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, McLennan4 hr
Apr 4, 8:57 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Johnson, Tarrant3 hr
Apr 4, 9:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone3 hr
Apr 4, 9:57 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Navarro3 hr
Apr 4, 10:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman, Rockwall3 hr
Apr 4, 10:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell68 min
Apr 4, 11:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis2 hr
Apr 4, 11:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls65 min
Apr 4, 11:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls3 hr
Apr 4, 11:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone3 hr
Apr 4, 12:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone58 min
Apr 4, 12:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins2 hr
Apr 4, 1:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto44 min
Apr 4, 1:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt2 hr
Apr 4, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker59 min
Apr 4, 1:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland48 min
Apr 4, 1:32 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDParker43 min
Apr 4, 2:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath57 min
Apr 4, 3:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker57 min
Apr 4, 3:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker2 hr
Apr 4, 3:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath62 min
Apr 4, 3:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood67 min
Apr 4, 4:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson27 min
Apr 4, 4:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton49 min
Apr 4, 4:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant57 min
Apr 4, 4:40 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDDenton, Grayson50 min
Apr 4, 5:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant2 hr
Apr 4, 5:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.