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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 19, 1995Stephens County, Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 6:34 PM CDT for Stephens County, Young County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Stephens County, TX, Young County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 1995-04-19Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 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
2167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 19, 12:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>111-115>125-129>136-141>149-156>162-191830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1240 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAIN...ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WAS LOCATED IN A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE TO BRECKENRIDGE...
FROM MERIDIAN TO SOUTH OF KILLEEN AND BETWEEN ALVARADO AND
WAXAHACHIE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS
WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.  THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

STAYED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS
FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 1:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>111-115>125-129>136-141>149-156>162-191930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
135 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

AT 135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAIN...ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WAS LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM DENTON TO WACO TO GRANBURY TO
FORT WORTH TO DENTON. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN
JACKSBORO AND DECATUR.  MOVEMENT OF WAS TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS
WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.  THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

STAYED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS
FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SDEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill61 min
Apr 19, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis56 min
Apr 19, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill60 min
Apr 19, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan57 min
Apr 19, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis68 min
Apr 19, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas56 min
Apr 19, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro60 min
Apr 19, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDKaufman, Rockwall64 min
Apr 19, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNavarro59 min
Apr 19, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall68 min
Apr 19, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Henderson66 min
Apr 19, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt62 min
Apr 19, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rains, Van Zandt55 min
Apr 19, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones39 min
Apr 19, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell67 min
Apr 19, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins64 min
Apr 19, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman61 min
Apr 19, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt69 min
Apr 19, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDStonewall63 min
Apr 19, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDKaufman45 min
Apr 19, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDVan Zandt63 min
Apr 19, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFranklin, Titus64 min
Apr 19, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith, Wood59 min
Apr 19, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDRed River62 min
Apr 19, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Morris, Upshur61 min
Apr 19, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton68 min
Apr 19, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche68 min
Apr 19, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath58 min
Apr 19, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Palo Pinto68 min
Apr 19, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMorris47 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.