Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 1998, 1:19 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 2, 1998, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 1998, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Hopkins County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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, 1:33 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Sulphur Spgs, TX | Powerlines were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
490
WFUS1 KFTW 021823 RRA
TORFTW
TXC223-021845-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
119 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR
HOPKINS COUNTY IN TEXAS
INCLUDING SULPHUR SPRINGS
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 119 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SULPHUR SPRINGS...MOVING
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MARTIN SPRINGS
* TORNADO WILL BE
NEAR SULPHUR SPRINGS AROUND 135 PM CDT
THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR COMMERCE AROUND 1:00 PM. THE PART
OF THE STORM LIKELY TO PRODUCE THE TORNADO IS NOW APPROACHING
SULPHUR SPRINGS FROM THE NORTHWEST. ANY TORNADO WITH THIS STORM
WILL LIKELY BE OBSCURED BY RAIN. SEEK SHELTER NOW
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3326 9571 3310 9576 3302 9550 3320 9543What 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, Oct 2, 11:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-022100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1148 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF STEPHENVILLE...SHERMAN...HILLSBORO...WACO... TEMPLE...PALESTINE AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS HAS LEFT AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT WILL BECOME A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY. AT MIDDAY...THIS BOUNDARY IS SITUATED EAST TO WEST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...FROM NEAR ABILENE..TO SOUTH OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX...AND THEN TO NEAR PARIS. NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY TEMPERATURES REMAIN COOL...WHILE TO THE SOUTH...TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING AND ADDING TO THE INSTABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE. IN ADDITION...THE DRY LINE...EXTENDING FROM NEAR AMARILLO TO LUBBOCK TO MIDLAND...IS PUSHING EAST WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. AS AFTERNOON HEATING PROGRESSES...AN AREA OF INSTABILITY ALOFT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...FURTHER DESTABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THIS WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE DRY LINE AND THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA. ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA AFTER 300 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIOTNS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 11:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-022100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1148 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF STEPHENVILLE...SHERMAN...HILLSBORO...WACO... TEMPLE...PALESTINE AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS HAS LEFT AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT WILL BECOME A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY. AT MIDDAY...THIS BOUNDARY IS SITUATED EAST TO WEST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...FROM NEAR ABILENE..TO SOUTH OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX...AND THEN TO NEAR PARIS. NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY TEMPERATURES REMAIN COOL...WHILE TO THE SOUTH...TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING AND ADDING TO THE INSTABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE. IN ADDITION...THE DRY LINE...EXTENDING FROM NEAR AMARILLO TO LUBBOCK TO MIDLAND...IS PUSHING EAST WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. AS AFTERNOON HEATING PROGRESSES...AN AREA OF INSTABILITY ALOFT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...FURTHER DESTABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THIS WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE DRY LINE AND THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA. ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA AFTER 300 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIOTNS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/
The 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, 1:30 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 |
| Oct 2, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.