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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 359, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 7, 1995Taylor County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1995, 5:51 PM CDT for Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1995, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2940 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
2940 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.0

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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, May 7, 1:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
TXC363-429-071930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
140 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

AT 133 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVCIE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE STEPHENS AND PALO PINTO COUNTY LINE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL WILL REACH THE POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE
AREA BETWEEN 145 AND 2 PM.

BOATERS AND PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN EASTERN STEPHENS
AND WESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Local storm report, May 7, 5:39 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
545 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FROM DAY MONTH DATE...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0317 PM    WIZARD WELLS              TX       TORNADO
05/07/95   JACK                               SIGHTED BY PUBLIC

0352 PM    5 N RUNAWAY BAY           TX       TORNADO
05/07/95   WISE                               RICHARDSON BOYSCOUT
                                              CAMP

0410 PM    5 NE SUNSET               TX       TORNADO
05/07/95   MONTAGUE                           SIGHTED BY SPOTTERS

0415 PM    SAINT JO                  TX       TORNADO
05/07/95   MONTAGUE                           CONFIRMED BY PUBLIC

0425 PM    4 NW MUENSTER             TX       TORNADO
05/07/95   COOKE                              CONFIRMED BY SPOTTERS

0440 PM    5 W SIVELLS BEND          TX       TORNADO DAMAGE
05/07/95   COOKE

0500 PM    ROCHESTER                 TX       1.25 INCH HAIL
05/07/95   HASKELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell, Nolan58 min
May 7, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan65 min
May 7, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor66 min
May 7, 7:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan, Taylor56 min
May 7, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Nolan51 min
May 7, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones, Taylor68 min
May 7, 8:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor69 min
May 7, 10:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Coleman, Taylor69 min
May 7, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton60 min
May 7, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche33 min
May 7, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland51 min
May 7, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack52 min
May 7, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung46 min
May 7, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack50 min
May 7, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell63 min
May 7, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack22 min
May 7, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise42 min
May 7, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Stonewall58 min
May 7, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague62 min
May 7, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke22 min
May 7, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall47 min
May 7, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman61 min
May 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDColeman30 min
May 7, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBrown, Coleman68 min
May 7, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCallahan42 min
May 7, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland65 min
May 7, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland64 min
May 7, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBrown46 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.