Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 309, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1998, 3:19 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 16, 1998, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1998, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Tarrant County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | North Richland Hills, TX | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines. |
| Jul 16, 3:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Mound, TX | Thunderstorm winds peeled off the roof from a building. |
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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.