Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 1998, 4:58 PM CST for Leon County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 21, 1998, 4:58 PM CST (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 1998, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Leon County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 5:28 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Leona, TX | A tornado severely damaged the roof of a restaurant. The manager of the restaurant, who was inside the building at the time, received minor injuries. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
322 WFUS1 KFTW 212259 RRA TORFTW TXC289-220000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 458 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY AT 458 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO ON THE LEON/MADISON COUNTY LINE JUST EAST OF NORMANGEE. MOVEMENT IS EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR HILLTOP LAKE...OR 4 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORMANGEE AT 435 PM. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
What 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, Jan 21, 4:30 PM CST, 28 minutes before
TXZ092>095-102>107-117>123-130>135-143>148-156>162-174-175-220815- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 430 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO WEATHERFORD TO HAMILTON TO LAMPASAS. LATE THIS AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A MARSHALL TO TYLER TO WACO TO KILLEEN LINE...WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING NEAR AUSTIN. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH NORTH TEXAS FROM THE WEST TONIGHT...WHICH WILL FURTHER ENHANCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT. NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR ABOVE A LAYER OF LOW CLOUDS. THUS THEY WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE VISUALLY. ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT...ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...WITH A FEW TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE. REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH.
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 4:30 PM CST, 28 minutes before
TXZ092>095-102>107-117>123-130>135-143>148-156>162-174-175-220815- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 430 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO WEATHERFORD TO HAMILTON TO LAMPASAS. LATE THIS AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A MARSHALL TO TYLER TO WACO TO KILLEEN LINE...WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING NEAR AUSTIN. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH NORTH TEXAS FROM THE WEST TONIGHT...WHICH WILL FURTHER ENHANCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT. NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR ABOVE A LAYER OF LOW CLOUDS. THUS THEY WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE VISUALLY. ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT...ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...WITH A FEW TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE. REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH.
Local storm report, Jan 21, 4:43 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
443 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1255 PM ENNIS TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 ELLIS
0235 PM ROGERS TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 BELL DIME SIZE HAIL BETWEEN
ROGERS AND HOLLAND IN BELL
COUNTY.
0315 PM BUCKHOLTS TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 MILAM ONE INCH HAIL PARTIALLY
COVERING THE GROUND.
0318 PM HEARNE TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 ROBERTSON HEARNE POLICE REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL.
0330 PM ELLIOTT TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 ROBERTSON
0405 PM GARLAND TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 DALLASLocal storm report, Jan 21, 4:43 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
443 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1255 PM ENNIS TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 ELLIS
0235 PM ROGERS TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 BELL DIME SIZE HAIL BETWEEN
ROGERS AND HOLLAND IN BELL
COUNTY.
0315 PM BUCKHOLTS TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 MILAM ONE INCH HAIL PARTIALLY
COVERING THE GROUND.
0318 PM HEARNE TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 ROBERTSON HEARNE POLICE REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL.
0330 PM ELLIOTT TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 ROBERTSON
0405 PM GARLAND TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 DALLASLocal storm report, Jan 21, 4:48 PM CST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
448 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0120 PM BROWNSBORO TX .88 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 HENDERSON NICKEL HAIL
0145 PM 1 SE CANTON TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 VAN ZANDT
0425 PM MURPHY TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 COLLIN QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY MURPHY F.D.Local storm report, Jan 21, 4:57 PM CST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
457 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0435 PM HILLTOP LAKES TX TORNADO
01/21/98 LEON POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY PUBLIC TO SHERIFFS
OFFICE
0435 PM HILLTOP LAKES TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 LEON IN ADDITION TO A POSSIBLE
TORNADO...GOLFBALL HAIL
WAS REPORTEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 60 min |
| Jan 21, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 66 min |
| Jan 21, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 60 min |
| Jan 21, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Robertson | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 59 min |
| Jan 21, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Leon | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 4:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 59 min |
| Jan 21, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 68 min |
| Jan 21, 5:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 4 hr |
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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.