Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 1998, 12:10 AM CST for Freestone County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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, 12:10 AM CST (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 1998, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Freestone County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 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 nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1525 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 050610 RRA SVRFTW TXC161-050645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1210 AM CST MON JAN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...FREESTONE COUNTY AT 1210 AM CST DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF FAIRFIELD MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM DROPPED DIME SIZE JUST SOUTH OF TEAGUE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING A:RE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. &
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 4, 6:30 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
630 PM CST SUN JAN 04 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0422 PM MC KINNEY TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 COLLIN 3 MILES SOUTH OF MC KINNEY
0425 PM ALLEN TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 COLLIN
0430 PM BRANCH TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 COLLIN
0440 PM MC KINNEY TX FLOODING
01/04/98 COLLIN STREET FLOODING IN
MC KINNEY AND BLUE RIDGE.
HWY 380 SHUT DOWN IN
MCKINNEY.Local storm report, Jan 4, 6:30 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
630 PM CST SUN JAN 04 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0422 PM MC KINNEY TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 COLLIN 3 MILES SOUTH OF MC KINNEY
0425 PM ALLEN TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 COLLIN
0430 PM BRANCH TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 COLLIN
0440 PM MC KINNEY TX FLOODING
01/04/98 COLLIN STREET FLOODING IN
MC KINNEY AND BLUE RIDGE.
HWY 380 SHUT DOWN IN
MCKINNEY.Local storm report, Jan 5, 12:02 AM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1202 AM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 PM TEMPLE TX FLOODING
01/04/98 BELL FLOODING ON I-35 NEAR
TEMPLE
0745 PM TEMPLE TX .88 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 BELL HAIL JUST EAST OF TEMPLE
0830 PM TROY TX FLOODING
01/04/98 BELL I-35 CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING AT TROY
0909 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 COLLIN FLOODING ON HWY 380 AND
HWY 5
0915 PM TOM BEAN TX FLOODING
01/04/98 GRAYSON FLOODING ON HWY 902
0915 PM BELLS TX FLOODING
01/04/98 GRAYSON FLOODING ON HWY 82
0917 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 FANNIN FM 271 CLOSED AND OTHER
COUNTY ROADS FLOODED
0941 PM IRVING TX FLOODING
01/04/98 DALLAS TWO FEET OF WATER ON
IRVING-STORY ROAD
0950 PM DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS TX FLOODING
01/04/98 TARRANT SIGNIFICANT STREETLocal storm report, Jan 5, 12:02 AM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1202 AM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 PM TEMPLE TX FLOODING
01/04/98 BELL FLOODING ON I-35 NEAR
TEMPLE
0745 PM TEMPLE TX .88 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 BELL HAIL JUST EAST OF TEMPLE
0830 PM TROY TX FLOODING
01/04/98 BELL I-35 CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING AT TROY
0909 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 COLLIN FLOODING ON HWY 380 AND
HWY 5
0915 PM TOM BEAN TX FLOODING
01/04/98 GRAYSON FLOODING ON HWY 902
0915 PM BELLS TX FLOODING
01/04/98 GRAYSON FLOODING ON HWY 82
0917 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 FANNIN FM 271 CLOSED AND OTHER
COUNTY ROADS FLOODED
0941 PM IRVING TX FLOODING
01/04/98 DALLAS TWO FEET OF WATER ON
IRVING-STORY ROAD
0950 PM DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS TX FLOODING
01/04/98 TARRANT SIGNIFICANT STREETThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 7:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 56 min |
| Jan 4, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 64 min |
| Jan 4, 7:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:18 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, McLennan | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 38 min |
| Jan 4, 8:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 4 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 60 min |
| Jan 4, 9:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 61 min |
| Jan 4, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 10:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 66 min |
| Jan 5, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 66 min |
| Jan 5, 12:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 12:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 69 min |
| Jan 5, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.