Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 496, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 5:45 PM CDT for Haskell County, Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Haskell County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Rochester, TX | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 981 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 5, 11:45 AM CDT, 6 hours before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ091>095-102>104-061815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1218 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONTAGUE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 1218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST JO TO 5 MILES NORTH OF ALVORD TO JUST WEST OF GORDONVILLE. THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDED NORTH INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMSD WILL PRODUCE BRIEF H VRAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:05 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ098-099-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 505 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 AT 504 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KNOX CITY MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS STORM SHOULD IT TURN MORE TO THE SOUTH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:08 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
TXZ098-099-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 505 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 AT 504 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KNOX CITY MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS STORM SHOULD IT TURN MORE TO THE SOUTH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STbATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:40 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
TXZ098-099-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 540 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS TIL 10 PM.. AT 535 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF KNOX CITY MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE MILLERS CREEK RESERVOIR AREA BY 600 PM. ALSO...THIS STORM WAS INTENSIFYING AND MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS STORM SHOULD IT TURN MORE TO THE SOUTH. FURTHER WEST...AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN THE CITIES OF CHILDRESS AND DICKENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Scurry | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Scurry | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.