Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 3:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dallas County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Hill County, TX, Johnson County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 2545 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KFTW 102002 RRA SVRFTW TXC113-139-217-251-102100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 301 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...DALLAS COUNTY...ELLIS COUNTY...HILL COUNTY...JOHNSON COUNTY AT 258 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN DALLAS...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MERIDIAN. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Apr 10, 11:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>110-115>125-129>137-141>150-155>163-101815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1130 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM NORTH OF A STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS LINE... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WISE...COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM... AT 1125 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM MUENSTER TO WEATHERFORD TO COMANCHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY DENTON...CORSICANA...KILLEEN AND GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE TO PALESTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>110-115>125-129>137-141>150-155>163-101815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1130 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM NORTH OF A STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS LINE... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARN FOR WISE...COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM MUENSTER TO WEATHERFORD TO COMANCHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY DENTON...CORSICANA...KILLEEN AND GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE TO PALESTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>110-115>125-129>137-141>150-155>163-101815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1130 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM NORTH OF A STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS LINE... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WISE...COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM... AT 1125 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM MUENSTER TO WEATHERFORD TO COMANCHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY DENTON...CORSICANA...KILLEEN AND GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE TO PALESTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Local storm report, Apr 10, 1:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
149 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 PM 2 W MCGREGOR TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 MCLENNAN
1231 PM DESOTO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 DALLAS
1238 PM ITASCA TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 HILL
1253 PM DALLAS TX WIND DAMAGE
04/10/95 DALLAS STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE
TO COUNTY MAINTENANCE BLDG
1254 PM W OF WAXAHACHIE TX LIGHTNING
04/10/95 ELLIS LIGHTNING STRUCK A
TRANSFORMER.
0106 PM W OF WAXAHACHIE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 ELLIS RELAYED BY WSO ACT
0106 PM S OF MIDLOTHIAN TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 ELLIS RELAYED BY WSO ACT
0134 PM KELLER TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT RELAYED BY ZFW
0141 PM BENBROOK TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT
0141 PM EDGECLIFF TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT
0147 PM FORT WORTH TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT RELAYED BY SRHLocal storm report, Apr 10, 1:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
149 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 PM 2 W MCGREGOR TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 MCLENNAN
1231 PM DESOTO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 DALLAS
1238 PM ITASCA TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 HILL
1253 PM DALLAS TX WIND DAMAGE
04/10/95 DALLAS STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE
TO COUNTY MAINTENANCE BLDG
1254 PM W OF WAXAHACHIE TX LIGHTNING
04/10/95 ELLIS LIGHTNING STRUCK A
TRANSFORMER.
0106 PM W OF WAXAHACHIE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 ELLIS RELAYED BY WSO ACT
0106 PM S OF MIDLOTHIAN TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 ELLIS RELAYED BY WSO ACT
0134 PM KELLER TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT RELAYED BY ZFW
0141 PM BENBROOK TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT
0141 PM EDGECLIFF TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT
0147 PM FORT WORTH TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/>95 TARRANT RELAYED BY SRHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Stonewall | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Wise | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, McLennan | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 68 min |
| Apr 10, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 69 min |
| Apr 10, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Navarro | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 69 min |
| Apr 10, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 71 min |
| Apr 10, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 4:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Kaufman | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Titus | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp, Morris | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Red River | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wood | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith, Upshur, Wood | 3 hr |
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.