Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 375, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 1998, 6:54 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
- Oct 2, 1998, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 7:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Boonsville, TX | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| Oct 2, 7:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhome, TX | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines, broke large tree limbs, and blew over a travel trailer. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 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, Oct 2, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 530 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED OVER NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A BROWNWOOD TO WACO TO LUFKIN LINE... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A EASTLAND TO CANTON TO ATLANTA LINE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING ...BRINGING THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS...HAIL AND TORNADOES. WITH MANY NORTH TEXAS RESIDENTS PLANNING ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS OR AWAY FROM HOME TONIGHT...INCREASED AWARENESS OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER IS A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY MATTER. LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM ABILENE TO JUST SOUTH OF DALLAS TO MOUNT PLEASANT. HEAVY...POTENTIALLY FLOODING...RAINS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY WHERE SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM ACTIVITY EARLIER TODAY. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS EVENING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IF THEY ARE PLANNING ON OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...SUCH AS SPORTING EVENTS...WHERE ACCESS TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS LIMITED. WHILE THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM HAIL AND HIGH WINDS...THERE IS A REAL THREAT OF TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD STAY TUNExD TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...TV OR CABLE STATION TO REMAIN INFORMED OF ANY AND ALL WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd
Local storm report, Oct 2, 5:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
536 PM CDT FRI OCT 02 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0516 PM 6 W GRAHAM TX TORNADO
10/02/98 YOUNG TORNADO REPORTED BY COUNTY
SPOTTER. POWER LINES ARE
DOWN
0525 PM 5 N GRAHAM TX TORNADO
10/02/98 YOUNG SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO
REPORT A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND.Local storm report, Oct 2, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
543 PM CDT FRI OCT 02 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM 1 N GRAHAM TX TORNADO
10/02/98 YOUNG TORNADO ON THE GROUND HAS
OVERTURNED CARSLocal storm report, Oct 2, 6:10 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
610 PM CDT FRI OCT 02 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0555 PM 3 NE GRAHAM TX TORNADO
10/02/98 YOUNG NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
BETWEEN GRAHAM AND BRYSON
(JACK CO)
0557 PM BRYSON , TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 JACK 60-70 MPH WINDS AND DIME
HAILLocal storm report, Oct 2, 6:10 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
610 PM CDT FRI OCT 02 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0555 PM 3 NE GRAHAM TX TORNADO
10/02/98 YOUNG NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
BETWEEN GRAHAM AND BRYSON
(JACK CO)
0557 PM BRYSON , TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 JACK 60-70 MPH WINDS AND DIME
HAILLocal storm report, Oct 2, 6:50 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
650 PM CDT FRI OCT 02 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0538 PM LEWISVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 DENTON MINOR DAMAGE TO A
RESIDENCE
0632 PM CRYSTAL FALLS TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 STEPHENS QUARTER HAILThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 24 min |
| Oct 2, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 47 min |
| Oct 2, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 26 min |
| Oct 2, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 60 min |
| Oct 2, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 23 min |
| Oct 2, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 39 min |
| Oct 2, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 43 min |
| Oct 2, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 28 min |
| Oct 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack | 48 min |
| Oct 2, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 54 min |
| Oct 2, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 17 min |
| Oct 2, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 55 min |
| Oct 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 59 min |
| Oct 2, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 61 min |
| Oct 2, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 43 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.