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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 673, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 31, 1995Fisher County, Nolan County, Taylor County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 1995, 5:25 PM CST for Fisher County, Nolan County, Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 31, 1995, 5:25 PM CST (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 1995, 6:30 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fisher County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Taylor County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-10-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 399 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-10-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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.