Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1998, 4:26 PM CDT for Mills County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1998, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1998, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Mills County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Goldthwaite, TX | |
| Apr 26, 4:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Goldthwaite, TX | |
| Apr 26, 5:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Goldthwaite, TX |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
622
WFUS1 KFTW 262128 RRA
TORFTW
TXC333-262200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
426 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR
MILLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 426 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF GOLDTHWAITE...MOVING EAST AT
25 MILES PER HOUR.
* TORNADO WILL BE
NEAR GOLDTHWAITE AT 450 PM CDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3143 9855 3130 9852 3142 9882 3148 9884
3151 9856What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 26, 12:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-262300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1200 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1998 ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MODERATE RISK AREA IS FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A GRAHAM TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE...AND WEST OF A PARIS TO CENTERVILLE LINE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA ARE ATHENS...BOWIE...CANTON...CORSICANA... FAIRFIELD...GAINESVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALESTINE...PARIS... SHERMAN...STEPHENVILLE...TEMPLE...WACO...AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. AT MIDDAY...A SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A DRYLINE EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF THIS LOW INTO THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY...WHILE A DEVELOPING WARM FRONT EXTENDED EAST FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY. ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERED ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT A LAYER OF WARM AIR SOME 5000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WAS ACTING TO CAP THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...THE LAYER OF WARM AIR ALOFT WILL COOL...AND AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON ALONG THE DRYLINE AND WARM FRONT WEST OF THE I35 CORRIDOR. BY EARLY EVENING...THE SURFACE LOW AND DRYLINE WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AS WELL. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. THE WIND PROFILE IN THE LOWEST 5000 FEET OF THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT... GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A BOWIE TO STEPHENVILLE TO CANTON LINE... SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END LATER THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM OKLAHOMA. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED EAST OF A PARIS...DALLAS...TO KILLEEN LINE ANYTIME AFTER 200 PM...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS BY 600 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE LATER STATEMENTS AS NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. 70
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-262300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1212 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1998 ...CHANGED EAST TO WEST IN FIFTH PARAGRAPH BELOW... ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MODERATE RISK AREA IS FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A GRAHAM TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE...AND WEST OF A PARIS TO CENTERVILLE LINE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA ARE ATHENS...BOWIE...CANTON...CORSICANA... FAIRFIELD...GAINESVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALESTINE...PARIS... SHERMAN...STEPHENVILLE...TEMPLE...WACO...AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. AT MIDDAY...A SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A DRYLINE EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF THIS LOW INTO THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY...WHILE A DEVELOPING WARM FRONT EXTENDED EAST FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY. ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERED ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT A LAYER OF WARM AIR SOME 5000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WAS ACTING TO CAP THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...THE LAYER OF WARM AIR ALOFT WILL COOL...AND AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON ALONG THE DRYLINE AND WARM FRONT WEST OF THE I35 CORRIDOR. BY EARLY EVENING...THE SURFACE LOW AND DRYLINE WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AS WELL. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. THE WIND PROFILE IN THE LOWEST 5000 FEET OF THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT... GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A BOWIE TO STEPHENVILLE TO CANTON LINE... SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END LATER THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM OKLAHOMA. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED WEST OF A PARIS...DALLAS...TO KILLEEN LINE ANYTIME AFTER 200 PM...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS BY 600 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE LATER STATEMENTS AS NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. 70
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 68 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.