Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 1995, 6:46 PM CST for Callahan County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 1995, 6:46 PM CST (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 1995, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Callahan County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KABI 130050 RRA SVRABI TXC059-130145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 646 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...CALLAHAN COUNTY AT 646 PM CST...50 TO 60 MPH WINDS...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE AFFECTING THE ABILENE AREA. THE WINDS AND HAIL WILL MOVE INTO CALLAHAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES AND WILL AFFECT CALLAHAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS...ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR REINFORCED SHELTER. LIGHTNING IS A FREQUENT KILLER. STAY CLEAR OF FARM EQUIPMENT... TALL TREES...OR ANY METAL OBJECT THAT MIGHT ATTRACT A LIGHTNING STRIKE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. &
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, Mar 12, 12:55 PM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ091>167-130600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1255 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. INCLUDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA ARE THE CITIES OF ABILENE...MINERAL WELLS...SHERMAN...PARIS...TYLER...LONGVIEW... WACO...TEMPLE...KILLEEN AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD TEXAS WITH A DRYLINE BECOMING ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO THE BIG BEND. ABUNDANT LOW MOISTURE WAS ADVECTING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS...WITH FURTHER DESTABILIZATION EXPECTED. STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES WILL HELP TO SUSTAIN THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FIRE ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN VICINITY OF CELL MERGERS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF ACTIVITY. AS STORMS MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS... LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BECOME A THREAT TONIGHT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION AFTER 3PM. ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY AREAWIDE TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 54 min |
| Mar 13, 1:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 69 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.