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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 25, 1995Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 1995, 6:14 PM CST for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 1995, 6:14 PM CST (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 1995, 7:00 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Dallas County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 00:00Z on 1995-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 431 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 00:00Z on 1995-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 389 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
389 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
534 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
9.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 260015
TORFTW
TXC113-260100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
614 PM CST SAT MAR 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...DALLAS COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST WEST OF SUNNYVALE. 2 INCH HAIL HAS ALSO
BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BALCH SPRINGS...SUNNYVALE AND MESQUITE
SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Rockwall42 min
Mar 25, 6:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills64 min
Mar 25, 6:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt61 min
Mar 25, 7:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton57 min
Mar 25, 7:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche39 min
Mar 25, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar66 min
Mar 25, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins70 min
Mar 25, 7:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRockwall46 min
Mar 25, 8:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt44 min
Mar 25, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell66 min
Mar 25, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton48 min
Mar 25, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins57 min
Mar 25, 8:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque53 min
Mar 26, 3:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung61 min
Mar 26, 4:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Coleman67 min
Mar 26, 4:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills67 min
Mar 26, 4:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan65 min
Mar 26, 2:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River52 min
Mar 26, 2:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins56 min
Mar 26, 3:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin40 min
Mar 26, 3:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTitus37 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.