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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 5, 1998Henderson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 1998, 9:21 PM CST for Henderson County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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
Jan 5, 1998, 9:21 PM CST (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 1998, 10:30 PM CST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Henderson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 00:00Z on 1998-01-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 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 00:00Z on 1998-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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

Local storm report, Jan 5, 7:17 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
717 PM CST MON JAN 05 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    CENTERVILLE               TX   .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   LEON

0609 PM    GOLDTHWAITE               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   MILLS

0645 PM    GOLDTHWAITE               TX   TORNADO
01/05/98   MILLS                          SHERRIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
                                          HOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED 5
                                          MILES NE OF GOLDTHWAITE.
Local storm report, Jan 5, 7:17 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
717 PM CST MON JAN 05 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    CENTERVILLE               TX   .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   LEON

0609 PM    GOLDTHWAITE               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   MILLS

0645 PM    GOLDTHWAITE               TX   TORNADO
01/05/98   MILLS                          SHERRIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
                                          HOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED 5
                                          MILES NE OF GOLDTHWAITE.
Local storm report, Jan 5, 7:35 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
735 PM CST MON JAN 05 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0705 PM    CHINA SPRINGS             TX   .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   MCLENNAN

0710 PM    PECAN WELLS               TX   FUNNEL CLOUD
01/05/98   HAMILTON
Local storm report, Jan 5, 7:35 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
735 PM CST MON JAN 05 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0705 PM    CHINA SPRINGS             TX   .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   MCLENNAN

0710 PM    PECAN WELLS               TX   FUNNEL CLOUD
01/05/98   HAMILTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone55 min
Jan 5, 6:21 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDMills54 min
Jan 5, 6:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDMills3 hr
Jan 5, 6:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls3 hr
Jan 5, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan25 min
Jan 5, 6:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton61 min
Jan 5, 7:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill54 min
Jan 5, 7:13 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHamilton17 min
Jan 5, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Robertson41 min
Jan 5, 7:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone55 min
Jan 5, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill45 min
Jan 5, 7:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills59 min
Jan 5, 7:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan26 min
Jan 5, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson42 min
Jan 5, 8:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills36 min
Jan 5, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton65 min
Jan 5, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque55 min
Jan 5, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson52 min
Jan 5, 8:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone3 hr
Jan 5, 9:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant62 min
Jan 5, 9:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman2 hr
Jan 5, 9:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls2 hr
Jan 5, 10:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson115 min
Jan 5, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas65 min
Jan 5, 10:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson62 min
Jan 5, 10:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson38 min
Jan 5, 10:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro2 hr
Jan 5, 11:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Fannin3 hr
Jan 5, 11:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro4 hr
Jan 5, 11:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan4 hr
Jan 5, 11:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman4 hr
Jan 5, 11:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDVan Zandt4 hr
Jan 6, 12:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman63 min
Jan 6, 3:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro5 hr
Jan 6, 3:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Kaufman5 hr
Jan 6, 3:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Limestone, McLennan5 hr
Jan 6, 3:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDVan Zandt5 hr
Jan 6, 9:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro3 hr
Jan 6, 9:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas65 min
Jan 6, 10:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam62 min
Jan 6, 11:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, Limestone, Milam7 hr
Jan 6, 11:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro7 hr
Jan 6, 5:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Limestone, Navarro7 hr
Jan 6, 5:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls7 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.