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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 1998, 5:27 PM CDT for Jack County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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
- Oct 2, 1998, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 1998, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Jack County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 5:57 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Bryson, TX | |
| Oct 2, 5:57 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Bryson, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
959
WFUS1 KFTW 022229 RRA
TORFTW
TXC237-022315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
527 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR
JACK COUNTY IN TEXAS
INCLUDING JACKSBORO
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 524 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JERMYN...OR ABOUT 4
MILES NORTH OF GRAHAM...MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JERMYN
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 3331 9840 3311 9838 3312 9809 3337 9813What 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, 5 hours 39 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, 5 hours 39 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/
Local storm report, Oct 2, 1:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
153 PM CDT FRI OCT 02 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0133 PM 3 W SULPHUR SPRINGS TX 75 MPH TSTM GUST
10/02/98 HOPKINS POWER LINES DOWN AND WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
REPORTED BY COUNTY EMC.Local storm report, Oct 2, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
200 PM CDT FRI OCT 02 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0152 PM 1 N CUMBY TX TORNADO
10/02/98 HOPKINS SULPHUR SPRINGS P.D.
REPORTED A TORNADO.
NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWNSpecial weather statement, Oct 2, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 237 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTH TEXAS THIS FRIDAY EVENING... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS...HAIL AND EVEN TORNADOES. WITH MANY NORTH TEXAS RESIDENTS PLANNING ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS OR AWAY FROM HOME TONIGHT...INCREASED AWARENESS OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER IS A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY MATTER. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW DAMAGING TORNADOES WERE REPORTED BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND SULPHUR SPRINGS. WHILE THIS WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF THE AREA...MORE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTH TEXAS...PROMPTING A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE REGION UNTIL 900 PM CDT. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS EVENING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IF THEY ARE PLANNING ON OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...SUCH AS SPORTING EVENTS...WHERE ACCESS TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS LIMITED. WHILE THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM HAIL AND HIGH WINDS...THERE IS A REAL THREAT OF TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...TV OR CABLE STATION TO REMAIN INFORMED OF ANY AND ALL WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 237 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTH TEXAS THIS FRIDAY EVENING... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS...HAIL AND EVEN TORNADOES. WITH MANY NORTH TEXAS RESIDENTS PLANNING ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS OR AWAY FROM HOME TONIGHT...INCREASED AWARENESS OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER IS A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY MATTER. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW DAMAGING TORNADOES WERE REPORTED BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND SULPHUR SPRINGS. WHILE THIS WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF THE AREA...MORE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTH TEXAS...PROMPTING A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE REGION UNTIL 900 PM CDT. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS EVENING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IF THEY ARE PLANNING ON OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...SUCH AS SPORTING EVENTS...WHERE ACCESS TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS LIMITED. WHILE THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM HAIL AND HIGH WINDS...THERE IS A REAL THREAT OF TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...TV OR CABLE STATION TO REMAIN INFORMED OF ANY AND ALL WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS. 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, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 26 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, 5:36 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.