Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1995, 6:25 PM CDT for Henderson County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1995, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henderson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 242326 SVRFTW TXC213-250030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 625 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...HENDERSON COUNTY AT 625 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORSICANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND THREATENS THE COMMUNITIES OF GUN BARREL CITY...EUSTANCE... MALAKOFF...TRINDAD AND ATHENS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. AS IT APPROACHES YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE MOVE TO STURDY SHELTER NOW.
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 24, 1:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
TXZ091>095-101>107-117>123-130>135-143>148-156>161-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 127 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995 THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS HAVE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THIS MORNING...WITH SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON DOWN INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE.
Special weather statement, May 24, 3:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ116-118-119-120-130-133-141-143-144-145-242145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 344 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 340 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING BETWEEN FORT WORTH...GRANBURY... STEPHENVILLE...MERIDIAN...AND CLEBURNE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL ENTER THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX BY 430 PM...AND WILL AFFECT RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR ThHEIR DRIVE HOME TONIGHT...AND BOATERS IN LAKE GRANBURY...BENBROOK AND JOE POOL LAKES SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE NOW.
Special weather statement, May 24, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ091-102-133-145-242145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 406 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995 AT 406 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL STRONG STORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THESE STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING..WERE LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF MONTAGUE COUNTY...JUST SOUTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT IN WISE COUNTY...AND OVER SOUTHERN JOHNSON AND NORTHERN HILL COUNTIES FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEBURNE TO COVINGTON. MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
TXZ118-119-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 503 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE METROPLEX... AT 503 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTH FORT WORTH...ALONG I20...TO ARLINGTON. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RUSH HOUR DRIVERS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE PONDING ON ROADS AS WELL AS LOWERED VISIBILITIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 60 min |
| May 23, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 60 min |
| May 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 65 min |
| May 23, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 70 min |
| May 23, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 59 min |
| May 23, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 61 min |
| May 23, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 55 min |
| May 23, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 66 min |
| May 24, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 64 min |
| May 24, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 69 min |
| May 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 66 min |
| May 24, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 63 min |
| May 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 56 min |
| May 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 56 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.