Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 1, 1999, 8:38 PM CST for Jack County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 1999, 8:38 PM CST (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 1999, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Jack County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS97 KFTW 020239 RRA TORFTW TXC237-497-020330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 838 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JACK COUNTY IN TEXAS WISE COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 930 PM CST * AT 838 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF BOONSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DECATUR AND BOYD * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BOYD AROUND 910 PM CST 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 3314 9801 3301 9800 3301 9749 3325 9757
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 1, 7:00 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ091>094-101>105-116>121-130>134-144>147-158>162-174-175-012111- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 700 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEON AND FREESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM. .TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1 IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM JEFFERSON TO ROCKWALL TO COLLEGE STATION UNTIL 1000 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 78
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 7:00 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ091>094-101>105-116>121-130>134-144>147-158>162-174-175-012111- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 700 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEON AND FREESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM. .TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1 IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM JEFFERSON TO ROCKWALL TO COLLEGE STATION UNTIL 1000 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 78
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 7:36 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
TXZ091>094-101>105-116>121-130>134-144>147-158>162-174-175-012111- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 736 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANDERSON...FREESTONE...AND SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TITUS COUNTY UNTIL 755 PM. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MILAM COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM. .TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2 IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TEXAS TO MT. PLEASANT TO FAIRFIELD TO JOURDANTON UNTIL 100 AM. .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 78
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 8:01 PM CST, 37 minutes before
TXZ091>094-101>105-116>121-130>134-144>147-158>162-174-175-012111- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 801 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANDERSON...FREESTONE...AND SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM. .TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2 IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TEXAS TO MT. PLEASANT TO FAIRFIELD TO JOURDANTON UNTIL 100 AM. .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 74
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 8:01 PM CST, 37 minutes before
TXZ091>094-101>105-116>121-130>134-144>147-158>162-174-175-012111- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 801 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANDERSON...FREESTONE...AND SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM. .TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2 IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TEXAS TO MT. PLEASANT TO FAIRFIELD TO JOURDANTON UNTIL 100 AM. .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 74
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 8:01 PM CST, 37 minutes before
TXZ091>094-101>105-116>121-130>134-144>147-158>162-174-175-012111- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 801 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANDERSON...FREESTONE...AND SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM. .TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2 IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TEXAS TO MT. PLEASANT TO FAIRFIELD TO JOURDANTON UNTIL 100 AM. .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 74
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 6:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Milam | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone, Robertson | 47 min |
| Jan 1, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon | 50 min |
| Jan 1, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 51 min |
| Jan 1, 7:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 4 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 4 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 41 min |
| Jan 1, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.