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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 509, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 10, 1995Titus County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 2:57 PM CDT for Titus County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Titus County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3390 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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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, Jun 10, 10:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 10:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ091>094-099>105-115>120-101700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1058 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

AT 1058 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT AN AREA
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF ST. JO TO
BOWIE TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAHAM.  SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF BRECKENRIDGE TO
ITALY TO MOUNT VERNON.  WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAIN...ALSO EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLSBORO TO TEMPLE.
ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ091>151-154>162-110000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1220 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE MODERATE RISK
AREA IS LOCATED NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE TO HILLSBORO TO COLEMAN LINE.
CITIES INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA ARE ABILENE...BROWNWOOD...
DENTON...GAINESVILLE...JACKSBORO...PARIS...SHERMAN...AND THE DALLAS/
FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

TO THE SOUTH OF THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS LOCATED NORTH OF A
CENTER TO CROCKETT LINE.  CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA
INCLUDE ATHENS...LAMPASAS...LONGVIEW...PALESTINE... TEMPLE...TYLER...
AND WACO.

THE AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS IS EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE.  THE
CAPPING INVERSION OF WARM AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE HAS
WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

OVER THE MODERATE RISK AREA...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THESE STORMS
WILL SERVE AS FOCUSING MECHANISMS FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.  OVER THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE ANYWHERE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL BE GREATER TONIGHT AS
THESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVE SOUTH INTO THE REGION.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS.  WINDS IN THE MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE ARE WEAK OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE RISK
AREA...THUS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS UNLIKELY.  MID-
LEVEL WINDS ARE STRONGER...HOWEVER...OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS.  THEREFORE...CHANCES FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES
ARE GREATER ACROSS THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON.

BECAUSE MID-LEVEL WINDS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS
ARE WEAK...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THESE AREAS WILL MOVE SLOWLY.  GIVEN
THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND EXTREME INSTABILITIES...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
AND FLASH FLOODING...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...AND STORM
SPOTTER GROUPS WITHIN THE RISK AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION
CLOSELY...AND PLAN FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ091>151-154>162-110000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1220 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE MODERATE RISK
AREA IS LOCATED NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE TO HILLSBORO TO COLEMAN LINE.
CITIES INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA ARE ABILENE...BROWNWOOD...
DENTON...GAINESVILLE...JACKSBORO...PARIS...SHERMAN...AND THE DALLAS/
FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

TO THE SOUTH OF THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS LOCATED NORTH OF A
CENTER TO CROCKETT LINE.  CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA
INCLUDE ATHENS...LAMPASAS...LONGVIEW...PALESTINE... TEMPLE...TYLER...
AND WACO.

THE AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS IS EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE.  THE
CAPPING INVERSION OF WARM AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE HAS
WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

OVER THE MODERATE RISK AREA...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THESE STORMS
WILL SERVE AS FOCUSING MECHANISMS FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.  OVER THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE ANYWHERE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL BE GREATER TONIGHT AS
THESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVE SOUTH INTO THE REGION.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS.  WINDS IN THE MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE ARE WEAK OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE RISK
AREA...THUS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS UNLIKELY.  MID-
LEVEL WINDS ARE STRONGER...HOWEVER...OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS.  THEREFORE...CHANCES FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES
ARE GREATER ACROSS THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON.

BECAUSE MID-LEVEL WINDS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS
ARE WEAK...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THESE AREAS WILL MOVE SLOWLY.  GIVEN
THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND EXTREME INSTABILITIES...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
AND FLASH FLOODING...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...AND STORM
SPOTTER GROUPS WITHIN THE RISK AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION
CLOSELY...AND PLAN FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTE
RNOON AND
TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton65 min
Jun 10, 9:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung59 min
Jun 10, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin35 min
Jun 10, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall65 min
Jun 10, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Throckmorton56 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.