Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1998, 5:27 PM CDT for Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- Apr 26, 1998, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1998, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Montague County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Belcherville, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 26, 12:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-262300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1200 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1998 ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MODERATE RISK AREA IS FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A GRAHAM TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE...AND WEST OF A PARIS TO CENTERVILLE LINE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA ARE ATHENS...BOWIE...CANTON...CORSICANA... FAIRFIELD...GAINESVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALESTINE...PARIS... SHERMAN...STEPHENVILLE...TEMPLE...WACO...AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. AT MIDDAY...A SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A DRYLINE EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF THIS LOW INTO THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY...WHILE A DEVELOPING WARM FRONT EXTENDED EAST FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY. ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERED ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT A LAYER OF WARM AIR SOME 5000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WAS ACTING TO CAP THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...THE LAYER OF WARM AIR ALOFT WILL COOL...AND AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON ALONG THE DRYLINE AND WARM FRONT WEST OF THE I35 CORRIDOR. BY EARLY EVENING...THE SURFACE LOW AND DRYLINE WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AS WELL. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. THE WIND PROFILE IN THE LOWEST 5000 FEET OF THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT... GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A BOWIE TO STEPHENVILLE TO CANTON LINE... SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END LATER THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM OKLAHOMA. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED EAST OF A PARIS...DALLAS...TO KILLEEN LINE ANYTIME AFTER 200 PM...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS BY 600 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE LATER STATEMENTS AS NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. 70
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-262300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1212 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1998 ...CHANGED EAST TO WEST IN FIFTH PARAGRAPH BELOW... ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MODERATE RISK AREA IS FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A GRAHAM TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE...AND WEST OF A PARIS TO CENTERVILLE LINE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA ARE ATHENS...BOWIE...CANTON...CORSICANA... FAIRFIELD...GAINESVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALESTINE...PARIS... SHERMAN...STEPHENVILLE...TEMPLE...WACO...AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. AT MIDDAY...A SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A DRYLINE EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF THIS LOW INTO THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY...WHILE A DEVELOPING WARM FRONT EXTENDED EAST FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY. ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERED ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT A LAYER OF WARM AIR SOME 5000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WAS ACTING TO CAP THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...THE LAYER OF WARM AIR ALOFT WILL COOL...AND AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON ALONG THE DRYLINE AND WARM FRONT WEST OF THE I35 CORRIDOR. BY EARLY EVENING...THE SURFACE LOW AND DRYLINE WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AS WELL. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. THE WIND PROFILE IN THE LOWEST 5000 FEET OF THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT... GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A BOWIE TO STEPHENVILLE TO CANTON LINE... SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END LATER THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM OKLAHOMA. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED WEST OF A PARIS...DALLAS...TO KILLEEN LINE ANYTIME AFTER 200 PM...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS BY 600 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE LATER STATEMENTS AS NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. 70
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mills | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.