Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 397, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 1998, 5:35 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
- Oct 5, 1998, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1998, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Ellis County, TX, Kaufman County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 2857 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 21.8
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 5, 1:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-060200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 110 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO WACO LINE. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES DALLAS-FORT WORTH...WACO...DENTON...GREENVILLE... CORSICANA...AND WAXAHACHIE. SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK..THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS. LARGE HAIL...VERY DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITHIN THE RISK AREAS. MOREOVER...FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE- MERIDIAN LINE AND NORTH OF A MERIDIAN-CORSICANA-CARTHAGE LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AND AN EASTWARD MOVING DRY LINE WILL PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND FORM A SQUALL LINE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP NEAR AND EAST OF THE SQUALL LINE WILL BE CAPEABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD CHECK THEIR SCHEDULES AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFT ERNOON AND EVENING. 79 THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 1:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-060200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 110 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO WACO LINE. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES DALLAS-FORT WORTH...WACO...DENTON...GREENVILLE... CORSICANA...AND WAXAHACHIE. SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK..THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS. LARGE HAIL...VERY DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITHIN THE RISK AREAS. MOREOVER...FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE- MERIDIAN LINE AND NORTH OF A MERIDIAN-CORSICANA-CARTHAGE LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AND AN EASTWARD MOVING DRY LINE WILL PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND FORM A SQUALL LINE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP NEAR AND EAST OF THE SQUALL LINE WILL BE CAPEABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD CHECK THEIR SCHEDULES AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFT ERNOON AND EVENING. 79 THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 1:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-060200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 115 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO WACO LINE. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES DALLAS-FORT WORTH...WACO...DENTON...GREENVILLE... CORSICANA...AND WAXAHACHIE. SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK..THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS. LARGE HAIL...VERY DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITHIN THE RISK AREAS. MOREOVER...FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE- MERIDIAN LINE AND NORTH OF A MERIDIAN-CORSICANA-CARTHAGE LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AND AN EASTWARD MOVING DRY LINE WILL PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND FORM A SQUALL LINE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP NEAR AND EAST OF THE SQUALL LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD CHECK THEIR SCHEDULES AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 79 THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 1:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-060200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 115 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO WACO LINE. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES DALLAS-FORT WORTH...WACO...DENTON...GREENVILLE... CORSICANA...AND WAXAHACHIE. SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK..THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS. LARGE HAIL...VERY DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITHIN THE RISK AREAS. MOREOVER...FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE- MERIDIAN LINE AND NORTH OF A MERIDIAN-CORSICANA-CARTHAGE LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AND AN EASTWARD MOVING DRY LINE WILL PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND FORM A SQUALL LINE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP NEAR AND EAST OF THE SQUALL LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD CHECK THEIR SCHEDULES AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 79 THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/
Local storm report, Oct 5, 4:49 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
449 PM CDT MON OCT 05 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM WEATHERFORD TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/05/98 PARKER QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTERS
0319 PM WEATHERFORD TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/05/98 PARKER DIME HAIL REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS.
0440 PM SUNSET TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/05/98 MONTAGUE DIME HAIL REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 40 min |
| Oct 5, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 60 min |
| Oct 5, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 55 min |
| Oct 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 61 min |
| Oct 5, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 59 min |
| Oct 5, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 57 min |
| Oct 5, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Oct 5, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 28 min |
| Oct 5, 6:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 4 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.