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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 381, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 8, 1995Smith County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1995, 1:12 AM CDT for Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1995, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1995, 1:42 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Smith County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1702 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1702 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
15.6

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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, 7:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ091>093-099>104-114>119-128>134-139>145-154>157-159-080245-

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

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 2AM...

TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR RANGER AND NEAR
COMANCHE...ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BROWNWOOD.  THESES STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR.

THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
NOCONA TO BOWIE TO JACKSBORO TO CISCO.  THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR...INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL`
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  BE ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS AND
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS.
Special weather statement, May 7, 8:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ091>093-099>104-114>119-128>134-139>145-154>157-159-080245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
800 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 2AM...

AT 755 PM NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
NEAR RANGER AND NEAR COMANCHE...ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR BROWNWOOD.  THESES STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
NOCONA TO BOWIE TO JACKSBORO TO CISCO.  THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR...INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGESlT OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  BE ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS AND
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman59 min
May 7, 7:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland58 min
May 7, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche64 min
May 7, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche62 min
May 7, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland58 min
May 7, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath65 min
May 7, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto68 min
May 7, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker59 min
May 7, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche66 min
May 7, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath62 min
May 7, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hamilton62 min
May 7, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell62 min
May 7, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker43 min
May 7, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant63 min
May 7, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise46 min
May 7, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Parker, Somervell3 hr
May 7, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise3 hr
May 7, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton60 min
May 7, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill61 min
May 7, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant4 hr
May 7, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Denton4 hr
May 7, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis60 min
May 7, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas56 min
May 7, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas64 min
May 7, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin61 min
May 7, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt55 min
May 8, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman69 min
May 8, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt60 min
May 8, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains40 min
May 8, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Wood63 min
May 8, 1:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Palo Pinto, Parker3 hr
May 8, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins3 hr
May 8, 2:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWood3 hr
May 8, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro3 hr
May 8, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant4 hr
May 8, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall4 hr
May 8, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Titus4 hr
May 8, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton4 hr
May 8, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDVan Zandt4 hr
May 8, 3:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rains3 hr
May 8, 4:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton3 hr
May 8, 4:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro4 hr
May 8, 4:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins4 hr
May 8, 5:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood4 hr
May 8, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood4 hr
May 8, 7:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar4 hr

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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.