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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 4, 1998Bosque County, McLennan County, Texas

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.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson58 min
Jun 4, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath, Somervell31 min
Jun 4, 7:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson3 hr
Jun 4, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke25 min
Jun 4, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas64 min
Jun 4, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas77 min
Jun 4, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Grayson54 min
Jun 4, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson96 min
Jun 4, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell47 min
Jun 4, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Somervell3 hr
Jun 4, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant33 min
Jun 4, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell56 min
Jun 4, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill56 min
Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Hunt42 min
Jun 4, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas67 min
Jun 4, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains61 min
Jun 4, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Kaufman85 min
Jun 4, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro85 min
Jun 4, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell65 min
Jun 4, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill63 min
Jun 4, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt68 min
Jun 4, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, McLennan62 min
Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone60 min
Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone60 min
Jun 4, 10:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMcLennan3 hr
Jun 4, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro63 min
Jun 4, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson55 min
Jun 4, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan35 min
Jun 4, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone62 min
Jun 5, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills60 min
Jun 5, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton67 min
Jun 5, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell56 min
Jun 5, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, McLennan53 min
Jun 5, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker61 min
Jun 5, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, McLennan64 min
Jun 5, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, McLennan64 min
Jun 5, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Leon, Limestone65 min
Jun 5, 9:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell66 min
Jun 5, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam31 min
Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam31 min
Jun 5, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson29 min
Jun 5, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam30 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.