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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 25, 1998Limestone County, Robertson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 1998, 10:38 PM CST for Limestone County, Robertson County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 4 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
Feb 25, 1998, 10:38 PM CST (04:38 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 1998, 11:45 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Limestone County, TX, Robertson County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 25, 11:10 PM CSTThunderstorm WindKosse, TXStrong winds blew over a tractor trailer.
Feb 25, 11:10 PM CSTThunderstorm WindKosse, TXStrong winds blew over a mobile home.
Feb 25, 11:18 PM CSTThunderstorm WindBremond, TXStrong winds blew down large trees, power lines, and signs. A couple roofs were damaged.
Feb 25, 11:20 PM CSTThunderstorm WindThornton, TXStrong wind damaged the roofs of four homes, and destroyed the roof of a barn and a shed. Trees, power lines, and antennas were blown down.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 25, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Feb 25, 9:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 1998-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1012 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 1998-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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

Special weather statement, Feb 25, 8:26 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 25, 9:56 PM CST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
956 PM CST WED FEB 25 1998

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

0630 PM    ROANOKE                   TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   DENTON                         DIME HAIL AT ALLIANCE
                                          AIRPORT.

0718 PM    GLEN ROSE                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   SOMERVELL                      JUST WEST OF GLEN ROSE

0727 PM    GLEN ROSE                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   SOMERVELL                      WEST END OF GLEN ROSE.

0739 PM    ANNA                      TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   COLLIN

0742 PM    VAN ALSTYNE               TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
02/25/98   GRAYSON                        60 MPH WINDS DOWNED TREES
                                          DAMAGED WINDOWS

0742 PM    VAN ALSTYNE               TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   GRAYSON                        1.25 INCH HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND.

0753 PM    FORT WORTH                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   TARRANT                        SPOTTERS REPORT

0810 PM    LEWISVILLE                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   DENTON                         REPORT IN FLOWER MOUND

0815 PM    SAVOY                     TX   .88 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   FANNIN                         NICKLE HAIL COVERING THE
                                          GROUND IN SAVOY

0930 PM    COPPERAS COVE             TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/25/98   CORYELL                        MOBLE HOMES TURNED OVER

0940 PM    KILLEEN                   TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   BELL                           DIME SIZE HAIL IN KILLEEN.
Local storm report, Feb 25, 9:56 PM CST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
956 PM CST WED FEB 25 1998

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

0630 PM    ROANOKE                   TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   DENTON                         DIME HAIL AT ALLIANCE
                                          AIRPORT.

0718 PM    GLEN ROSE                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   SOMERVELL                      JUST WEST OF GLEN ROSE

0727 PM    GLEN ROSE                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   SOMERVELL                      WEST END OF GLEN ROSE.

0739 PM    ANNA                      TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   COLLIN

0742 PM    VAN ALSTYNE               TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
02/25/98   GRAYSON                        60 MPH WINDS DOWNED TREES
                                          DAMAGED WINDOWS

0742 PM    VAN ALSTYNE               TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   GRAYSON                        1.25 INCH HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND.

0753 PM    FORT WORTH                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   TARRANT                        SPOTTERS REPORT

0810 PM    LEWISVILLE                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   DENTON                         REPORT IN FLOWER MOUND

0815 PM    SAVOY                     TX   .88 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   FANNIN                         NICKLE HAIL COVERING THE
                                          GROUND IN SAVOY

0930 PM    COPPERAS COVE             TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/25/98   CORYELL                        MOBLE HOMES TURNED OVER

0940 PM    KILLEEN                   TX   .75 INCH HAIL
02/25/98   BELL                           DIME SIZE HAIL IN KILLEEN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 6:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant63 min
Feb 25, 6:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton63 min
Feb 25, 6:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche58 min
Feb 25, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell60 min
Feb 25, 7:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant69 min
Feb 25, 7:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Grayson66 min
Feb 25, 7:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson63 min
Feb 25, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas60 min
Feb 25, 8:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin67 min
Feb 25, 8:33 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDSomervell3 hr
Feb 25, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, McLennan69 min
Feb 25, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell35 min
Feb 25, 9:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas2 hr
Feb 25, 10:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls67 min
Feb 25, 10:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam58 min
Feb 25, 11:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Leon62 min
Feb 25, 11:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson62 min
Feb 26, 12:02 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDAnderson43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.