Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 1999, 1:03 AM CST for Robertson County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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
- Jan 22, 1999, 1:03 AM CST (07:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1999, 1:40 AM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Robertson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 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 22, 1:15 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Hearne, 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 nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFWD 220704 SVRFTW TXC395-220740- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 103 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEARNE * UNTIL 140 AM CST * AT 103 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEARNE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OVER FRANKLIN AT 120 AM CST REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN,CY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT WORTH. LAT...LON 3101 9677 3082 9665 3102 9628 3126 9632
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 21, 9:12 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
912 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM CORSICANA TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 NAVARRO HAIL RPTD BY NAVARRO EMC.
0850 PM KEMP TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 KAUFMAN KAUFMAN EMC RPTD HAIL.Local storm report, Jan 21, 10:13 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1013 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0900 PM MABANK TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 KAUFMAN P.D. RPTD HAIL.
0905 PM MABANK TX 1.5 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 VAN ZANDT P.D. RPTD 1.5 INCH HAIL 3
NE OF MABANK IN VAN ZANDT
CO.
0910 PM CANTON TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 VAN ZANDT P.D. RPTD HAIL IN CANTON.
0915 PM FRUITVALE TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 VAN ZANDT P.D. RPTD HAIL 1 SW OF
FRUITVALE
0920 PM GRAND SALINE TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 VAN ZANDT HAM RADIO OPERATOR RPTD
HAIL IN TOWN.
0940 PM MEXIA TX 2 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 LIMESTONE FIRE DEPT RPTD HAIL AT
LAKE MEXIA.Local storm report, Jan 21, 10:13 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1013 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0900 PM MABANK TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 KAUFMAN P.D. RPTD HAIL.
0905 PM MABANK TX 1.5 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 VAN ZANDT P.D. RPTD 1.5 INCH HAIL 3
NE OF MABANK IN VAN ZANDT
CO.
0910 PM CANTON TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 VAN ZANDT P.D. RPTD HAIL IN CANTON.
0915 PM FRUITVALE TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 VAN ZANDT P.D. RPTD HAIL 1 SW OF
FRUITVALE
0920 PM GRAND SALINE TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 VAN ZANDT HAM RADIO OPERATOR RPTD
HAIL IN TOWN.
0940 PM MEXIA TX 2 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 LIMESTONE FIRE DEPT RPTD HAIL AT
LAKE MEXIA.Special weather statement, Jan 21, 11:05 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ104-105-107-120>123-134-135-146-147-161-148-162-175-220900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1105 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 23. COUNTIES CLEARED INCLUDE: IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: COLLIN HUNT ROCKWALL KAUFMAN ELLIS NAVARRO FREESTONE LIMESTONE IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS: HOPKINS VAN ZANDT RAINS HENDERSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CANTON...CORSICANA...EMORY... FAIRFIELD...GREENVILLE...GROESBECK...MCKINNEY...ROCKWALL... SULPHUR SPRINGS...TERRELL...WAXAHACHIE TORNADO WATCH 23 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 300 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: LEON IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS: ANDERSON IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS: ROBERTSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN...PALESTINE
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 11:34 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TXZ148-162-175-220900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1134 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CLEARED ALL COUNTIES IN TORNADO WATCH 23. COUNTIES CLEARED INCLUDE: IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: LEON IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS: ANDERSON IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS: ROBERTSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN...PALESTINE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill, Limestone, Navarro | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 8:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 9:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Limestone | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 42 min |
| Jan 22, 12:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 28 min |
| Jan 22, 1:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 2:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999
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.