Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 511, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 4:55 PM CDT for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1995, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stonewall County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 3656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABI 102157 RRA SVRABI TXC433-102300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 455 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...STONEWALL COUNTY AT 456 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN STONEWALL COUNTY...LOCATED JUST EAST OF SWENSON AND NORTH OF ASPERMONT. THIS STORM WAS HEADING IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF JUD...O'BRIEN AND ROCHESTER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15-20 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY AND PREPA RE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
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, 10:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 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, 4 hours 35 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. 70
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 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. 70
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:09 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
TXZ125-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 409 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER UPSHUR COUNTY...ONE WAS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILMER...WHILE ANOTHER ONE WAS NEAR ROSEWOOD. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND 40 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:10 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
TXZ125-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 409 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER UPSHUR COUNTY...ONE WAS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILMER...WHILE ANOTHER ONE WAS NEAR ROSEWOOD. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND 40 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING A S THEY MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Titus | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Throckmorton | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.