Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1999, 6:40 AM CST for Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 8, 1999, 6:40 AM CST (12:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1999, 7:15 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Palo Pinto County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:10 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Strawn, 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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:25 AM CST, 15 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-081800- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 625 AM CST MON MAR 8 1999 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ALONG AND EAST OF A BONHAM TO KAUFMAN TO FAIRFIELD LINE. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AN ADVANCING DRY LINE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING BURSTS OF WIND. AT SUNRISE...THE DRY LINE WHICH SEPARATED WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE GULF AIR FROM AN INTRUSION OF DRY AIR TO ITS WEST WAS LOCATED ALONG A CHILDRESS TO BIG BEND LINE. THIS DRY LINE WILL REACH A SHERMAN TO DALLAS FORT WORTH TO WACO LINE AROUND MIDDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL ALSO INTERSECT WITH AN ADVANCING WARM FRONT BETWEEN PARIS AND CANTON DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AND SPAWN ISOLATED TORNADOES MAINLY EAST OF A BONHAM TO CORSICANA LINE. ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE REQUIRED WEST OF A GAINESVILLE FORT WORTH TO KILLEEN LINE THIS MORNING AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EITHER LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:25 AM CST, 15 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-081800- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 625 AM CST MON MAR 8 1999 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ALONG AND EAST OF A BONHAM TO KAUFMAN TO FAIRFIELD LINE. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AN ADVANCING DRY LINE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING BURSTS OF WIND. AT SUNRISE...THE DRY LINE WHICH SEPARATED WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE GULF AIR FROM AN INTRUSION OF DRY AIR TO ITS WEST WAS LOCATED ALONG A CHILDRESS TO BIG BEND LINE. THIS DRY LINE WILL REACH A SHERMAN TO DALLAS FORT WORTH TO WACO LINE AROUND MIDDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL ALSO INTERSECT WITH AN ADVANCING WARM FRONT BETWEEN PARIS AND CANTON DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AND SPAWN ISOLATED TORNADOES MAINLY EAST OF A BONHAM TO CORSICANA LINE. ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE REQUIRED WEST OF A GAINESVILLE FORT WORTH TO KILLEEN LINE THIS MORNING AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EITHER LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 5:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 6:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 7:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 8:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 9:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 9:16 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 119 min |
| Mar 8, 9:16 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 119 min |
| Mar 8, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 30 min |
| Mar 8, 10:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 30 min |
| Mar 8, 11:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 11:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 40 min |
| Mar 8, 12:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 41 min |
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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.