Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1998, 8:44 PM CDT for Bosque County, McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- Jun 4, 1998, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1998, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bosque County, TX, McLennan County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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, Jun 4, 3:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-050200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 308 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO WAXAHACHIE TO EASTLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PARIS...SHERMAN/DENISON...GREENVILLE... BOWIE...GAINESVILLE...THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX...MINERAL WELLS...AND BRECKENRIDGE. LATE THIS AFTERNOON A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF LUBBOCK TO JUST NORTH OF WICHITA FALLS TO NEAR FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. THIS FRONT HAS REMAINDED STATIONARY MOST OF THE DAY BUT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND EXTEND FROM A PARIS TO DENTON LINE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE A DRYLINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE FRONT JUST SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS...TO JUST WEST OF ABILENE TO JUST WEST OF SAN ANGELO. THE AIRMASS IN NORTH TEXAS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT AND DRY LINE REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. TEMPERATURES ALOFT HAVE COOLED DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS RESULTING IN A WEAKER CAP. THE COOL AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO BREAK THE CAP ACROSS NORTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES REACH THEIR HIGHS FOR THE DAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE RISK AREA TONIGHT. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY...ONCE STORMS DEVELOP RAPID INTENSIFICATION IS LIKELY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. EMERGENCY MANAGERS GENERALLY WEST OF A HENRIETTA TO EASTLAND LINE SHOULD EXPECT ACTIVATION BY SUNSET. THOSE EAST OF THIS LINE SHOULD BE ON STANDBY FOR ACTIVATION TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath, Somervell | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 77 min |
| Jun 4, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 96 min |
| Jun 4, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Hunt | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 67 min |
| Jun 4, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman | 85 min |
| Jun 4, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 85 min |
| Jun 4, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 68 min |
| Jun 4, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, McLennan | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 10:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | McLennan | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell, McLennan | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone, McLennan | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, McLennan | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Limestone | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.