Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 1995, 1:52 PM CST for Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 1995, 1:52 PM CST (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 1995, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 121954 RRA SVRFTW TXC193-122100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 152 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...HAMILTON COUNTY AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMILTON. THIS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGfE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Jan 12, 11:40 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ092>097-102>112-117>126-131>138-143>153-156>167-130300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1140 AM CST THU JAN 12 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY EAST OF A SHERMAN TO FORT WORTH TO LAMPASAS LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WACO...PARIS MARSHALL...SULPHUR SPRINGS...LONGVIEW...TYLER...NACOGDOCHES...LUFKIN AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A VERY MOIST...AND UNSEASONABLY WARM AIRMASS IS IN PLACE OVER NORTH TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE DEEPEST LAYER OF MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS. A DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKIES IS MOVING EAST AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM WICHITA FALLS TO ABILENE TO JUNCTION. BY EARLY THIS EVENING THE SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR SHERMAN TO FORT WORTH TO WACO. MEANWHILE THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN TEXAS AND HELP INITIATE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING EAST OF A SHERMAN TO FORT WORTH TO LAMPASAS LINE AND SPREAD EAST INTO EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT IN THE RISK AREA DUE TO FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR PROFILE ALOFT. WHILE THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM HIGH WINDS AND HAIL...A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR AS WELL ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE STRONGER TURNING OF LOW LEVEL WINDS EXIST. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SCENARIO AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ACTIVATION DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. RK
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 11:42 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ092>097-102>112-117>126-131>138-143>153-156>167-130300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1140 AM CST THU JAN 12 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY EAST OF A SHERMAN TO FORT WORTH TO LAMPASAS LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WACO...PARIS MARSHALL...SULPHUR SPRINGS...LONGVIEW...TYLER...NACOGDOCHES...LUFKIN AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A VERY MOIST...AND UNSEASONABLY WARM AIRMASS IS IN PLACE OVER NORTH TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE DEEPEST LAYER OF MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS. A DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKIES IS MOVING EAST AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM WICHITA FALLS TO ABILENE TO JUNCTION. BY EARLY THIS EVENING THE SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR SHERMAN TO FORT WORTH TO WACO. MEANWHILE THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN TEXAS AND HELP INITIATE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING EAST OF A SHERMAN TO FORT WORTH TO LAMPASAS LINE AND SPREAD EAST INTO EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT IN THE RISK AREA DUE TO FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR PROFILE ALOFT. WHILE THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM HIGH WINDS AND HAIL...A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR AS WELL ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE STRONGER TURNING OF LOW LEVEL WINDS EXIST. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SCENARIO AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ACTIVATION DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURSl. RK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 59 min |
| Jan 12, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 65 min |
| Jan 12, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 65 min |
| Jan 12, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 55 min |
| Jan 12, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 67 min |
| Jan 12, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.