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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 18, 1995Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1995, 3:31 AM CST for Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 1995, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 1995, 4:15 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 00:00Z on 1995-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KFTW 180932 RRA
SVRFTW
TXC113-439-181015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
331 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...DALLAS COUNTY...TARRANT COUNTY
 
AT 331 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED FROM BENBROOK TO MIDLOTHIAN TO ITALY.
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR AND
HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.  DO NOT DRIVE
INTO WATER CROSSING ROADWAYS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 1:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche51 min
Jan 18, 2:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Somervell47 min
Jan 18, 2:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson45 min
Jan 18, 3:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill45 min
Jan 18, 3:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis53 min
Jan 18, 3:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman61 min
Jan 18, 4:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque34 min
Jan 18, 4:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt42 min
Jan 18, 4:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Wood47 min
Jan 18, 4:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill38 min
Jan 18, 5:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone39 min
Jan 18, 5:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Titus62 min
Jan 18, 5:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur54 min
Jan 18, 5:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson49 min
Jan 18, 5:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMorris37 min
Jan 18, 6:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith50 min
Jan 18, 6:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee27 min
Jan 18, 6:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur, Wood47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.