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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1999, 9:12 PM CDT for Comanche County, Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1999, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Comanche County, TX, Erath County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Dublin, TX | A tornado briefly touched down near Dublin. No damage reports were received. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 3292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 28.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
873 WFUS1 KFTW 020214 RRA TORFTW TXC093-143-020300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 912 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COMANCHE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ERATH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. * AT 912 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS TRACKING SOUTHEAST ALONG THE COMANCHE...ERATH COUNTY LINE. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND AND CRUSHED BY TORNADO WINDS. DO NOT LEAVE SHELTER TO USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. LAT...LON 3209 9849 3191 9838 3200 9822 3214 9840
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
Local storm report, Jun 1, 9:03 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
903 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM MINERAL WELLS TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PALO PINTO REPORTED BY SHERIFF
0547 PM MINERAL WELLS TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PARKER QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL 2 E OF MINERAL WELLS
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0551 PM MINERAL WELLS ARPT TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PALO PINTO FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN
KMWL OBSERVATION
0558 PM BOYD TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE 2N BOYD REPORTED BY EOC
0602 PM MINERAL WELLS TX 3 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PALO PINTO REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER
0603 PM MINERAL WELLS ARPT TX 2 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PALO PINTO 2 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN
KMWL OBSERVATION
0605 PM MINERAL WELLS TX 2 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PARKER 2E OF MINERAL WELLS
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0610 PM MILLSAP TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PARKER REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR
0615 PM BOYD TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY EOC
0617 PM VALLEY VIEW TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 COOKE REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0618 PM MINERAL WELLS TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PALO PINTO REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0627 PM GAINESVILLE TX 4.5 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 COOKE SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL 10 SE
OF GAINESVILLE BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE
0628 PM DECATUR TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0630 PM BOYD TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 50
MPH WINDS 2N BOYD REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0635 PM WEATHERFORD TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PARKER BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 6 W
WEATHERFORD
0635 PM COLLINSVILLE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 GRAYSON REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0637 PM AURORA TX .88 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0637 PM BOYD TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY EOC
0645 PM WHITESBORO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 GRAYSON REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0646 PM BOYD TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2E BOYD
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0713 PM MILLSAP TX 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PARKER REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0743 PM DECATUR TX .88 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0747 PM DECATUR TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR
0750 PM WEATHERFORD TX FLOODING
06/01/99 PARKER CAR STALLED ON US 180
BETWEEN MINERAL WELLS AND
WEATHERFORD REPORTED BY
EOC
0823 PM HIGHLAND TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 ERATH REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICELocal storm report, Jun 1, 9:03 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
903 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM MINERAL WELLS TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PALO PINTO REPORTED BY SHERIFF
0547 PM MINERAL WELLS TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PARKER QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL 2 E OF MINERAL WELLS
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0551 PM MINERAL WELLS ARPT TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PALO PINTO FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN
KMWL OBSERVATION
0558 PM BOYD TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE 2N BOYD REPORTED BY EOC
0602 PM MINERAL WELLS TX 3 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PALO PINTO REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER
0603 PM MINERAL WELLS ARPT TX 2 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PALO PINTO 2 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN
KMWL OBSERVATION
0605 PM MINERAL WELLS TX 2 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PARKER 2E OF MINERAL WELLS
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0610 PM MILLSAP TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PARKER REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR
0615 PM BOYD TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY EOC
0617 PM VALLEY VIEW TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 COOKE REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0618 PM MINERAL WELLS TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PALO PINTO REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0627 PM GAINESVILLE TX 4.5 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 COOKE SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL 10 SE
OF GAINESVILLE BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE
0628 PM DECATUR TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0630 PM BOYD TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 50
MPH WINDS 2N BOYD REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0635 PM WEATHERFORD TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PARKER BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 6 W
WEATHERFORD
0635 PM COLLINSVILLE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 GRAYSON REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0637 PM AURORA TX .88 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0637 PM BOYD TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY EOC
0645 PM WHITESBORO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 GRAYSON REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0646 PM BOYD TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2E BOYD
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0713 PM MILLSAP TX 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PARKER REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0743 PM DECATUR TX .88 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0747 PM DECATUR TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 WISE REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR
0750 PM WEATHERFORD TX FLOODING
06/01/99 PARKER CAR STALLED ON US 180
BETWEEN MINERAL WELLS AND
WEATHERFORD REPORTED BY
EOC
0823 PM HIGHLAND TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 ERATH REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 7:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 8:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 10:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 60 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.