Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1995, 5:37 PM CDT for Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1995, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stephens County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 5, 1:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ091>167-051900- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 115 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF AN OLNEY-MINERAL WELLS- HILLSBORO-JACKSONVILLE-CARTAGE LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HASKELL...ABILENE...EASTLAND...SAN SABA...STEPHENVILLE...HAMILTON... TEMPLE...PALESTINE...CENTERVILLE...NACOGDOCHES AND LUFKIN. THE MAIN THREAT TONIGHT WILL FROM LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIAL DAMAGING WINDS. THE FORMATION OF A FEW SUPERCELLS OVER THE WESTERN AREAS IS POSSIBLE. THIS MAY RESULT IN LARGE SIZE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A ISOLATED TORNADOES. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BE TRANSVERSING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS OUT OF A VERY ACTIVE...DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST OF THESE WAVES WAS LOCATED OVER WEST TEXAS AT MIDDAY AND WILL PUSH INTO NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY. A WARM FRONT DIVIDED THE STATE ALONG A MIDLAND-BROWNWOOD-TYLER LINE...AND TO THE SOUTH...DEWPOINTS WHERE IN THE IN THE 60S AND 70S. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE THREATEN AREA WAS UNSTABLE...AND WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT MOVING EAST OUT OF NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING...DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE COULD BE RAPID. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT WITHIN THE THREAT AREA. AN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO REOCCUR ON OVER THE WEEKEND.
Special weather statement, May 5, 1:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ091>167-051900- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 115 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 1995 ...CORRECTED. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF AN OLNEY-MINERAL WELLS- HILLSBORO-JACKSONVILLE-CARTAGE LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HASKELL...ABILENE...EASTLAND...SAN SABA...STEPHENVILLE...HAMILTON... TEMPLE...PALESTINE...CENTERVILLE...NACOGDOCHES AND LUFKIN. THE MAIN THREAT TONIGHT WILL FROM LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIAL DAMAGING WINDS. THE FORMATION OF A FEW SUPERCELLS OVER THE WESTERN AREAS IS POSSIBLE. THIS MAY RESULT IN LARGE SIZE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A ISOLATED TORNADOES. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BE TRANSVERSING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS OUT OF A VERY ACTIVE...DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST OF THESE WAVES WAS LOCATED OVER WEST TEXAS AT MIDDAY AND WILL PUSH INTO NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY. A WARM FRONT DIVIDED THE STATE ALONG A MIDLAND-BROWNWOOD-TYLER LINE...AND TO THE SOUTH...DEWPOINTS WHERE IN THE IN THE 60S AND 70S. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE THREATEN AREA WAS UNSTABLE...AND WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT MOVING EAST OUT OF NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING...DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER COULD BE RAPID. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT WITHIN THE THREAT AREA. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO REOCCUR ON OVER THE WEEKEND.
Special weather statement, May 5, 1:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ091>167-051900- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 115 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 1995 ...CORRECTED. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF AN OLNEY-MINERAL WELLS- HILLSBORO-JACKSONVILLE-CARTAGE LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HASKELL...ABILENE...EASTLAND...SAN SABA...STEPHENVILLE...HAMILTON... TEMPLE...PALESTINE...CENTERVILLE...NACOGDOCHES AND LUFKIN. THE MAIN THREAT TONIGHT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIAL DAMAGING WINDS. THE FORMATION OF A FEW SUPERCELLS OVER THE WESTERN AREAS IS POSSIBLE. THIS MAY RESULT IN LARGE SIZE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A ISOLATED TORNADOES. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BE TRANSVERSING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS OUT OF A VERY ACTIVE...DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST OF THESE WAVES WAS LOCATED OVER WEST TEXAS AT MIDDAY AND WILL PUSH INTO NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY. A WARM FRONT DIVIDED THE STATE ALONG A MIDLAND-BROWNWOOD-TYLER LINE... AND TO THE SOUTH...DEWPOINTS WHERE IN THE IN THE 60S AND 70S. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE THREATEN AREA WAS UNSTABLE...AND WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT MOVING EAST OUT OF NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING...DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER COULD BE RAPID. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT WITHIN THE THREAT AREA. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO REOCCUR ON OVER THE WEEKEND.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell, Scurry | 69 min |
| May 5, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher | 63 min |
| May 5, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell, Scurry | 64 min |
| May 5, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Stonewall | 58 min |
| May 5, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell, Nolan | 67 min |
| May 5, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Jones | 60 min |
| May 5, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 58 min |
| May 5, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan, Taylor | 67 min |
| May 5, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 61 min |
| May 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 45 min |
| May 5, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 42 min |
| May 5, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 52 min |
| May 5, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown, Coleman | 65 min |
| May 5, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 63 min |
| May 5, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 68 min |
| May 5, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.