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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 486, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 2, 1995Fannin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 8:59 PM CDT for Fannin County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Fannin County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1160 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin47 min
Jun 2, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hunt60 min
Jun 2, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.