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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 1, 1995Red River County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1995, 12:48 AM CDT for Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1995, 12:48 AM CDT (05:48 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Red River County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 1995-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2910 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
484 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.6
Supercell composite
30.0

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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 30, 8:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ091-092-010200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
801 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

AT 800 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BETWEEN WICHITA FALLS AND ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ON AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS THAT
WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.  ALTHOUGH NOT SEVERE AT THIS
TIME...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN 8 AND 9
PM...AND MAY AFFECT THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MONTAGUE AND COOKE
COUNTIES.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 8:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ091-092-093-010230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
825 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ALONG THE RED RIVER...

AT 825 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF GAINESVILLE TO ARDMORE
OKLAHOMA.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

ALTHOUGH NOT SEVERE AT THIS TIME...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
CONTINUED INTENSIFICATIbON OF THESE STORMS.  THE STORMS WILL MOVE
ACROSS LAKE TEXOMA BETWEEN 830 AND 9 PM.  PERSONS NEAR LAKE TEXOMA
SHOULD PREPARE FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke34 min
Apr 30, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
Apr 30, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson41 min
Apr 30, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin70 min
Apr 30, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt57 min
Apr 30, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar67 min
Apr 30, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin62 min
Apr 30, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt66 min
Apr 30, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins69 min
Apr 30, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin68 min
Apr 30, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin68 min
May 1, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins64 min
May 1, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Titus64 min
May 1, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Montague60 min
May 1, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin55 min
May 1, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin46 min
May 1, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur, Wood66 min
May 1, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar59 min
May 1, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMorris46 min
May 1, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
May 1, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke30 min
May 1, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Titus45 min
May 1, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins45 min
May 1, 1:27 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson33 min
May 1, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin61 min
May 1, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Hunt40 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.