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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 1, 1999Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1999, 6:31 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
Jun 1, 1999, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1999, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 6:37 PM CDTHail 0.88Aurora, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 30 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1999-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2199 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1999-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-300 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFWD 012331 RRA
TORFTW
TXC497-020000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
631 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER RHOME...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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 3302 9756 3299 9741 3307 9738 3315 9745

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung38 min
Jun 1, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise48 min
Jun 1, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto47 min
Jun 1, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker40 min
Jun 1, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker35 min
Jun 1, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise23 min
Jun 1, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton55 min
Jun 1, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant65 min
Jun 1, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker60 min
Jun 1, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise58 min
Jun 1, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke41 min
Jun 1, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker51 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto48 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke, Grayson33 min
Jun 1, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant33 min
Jun 1, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDenton, Wise67 min
Jun 1, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson49 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.