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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 19, 1995Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT for Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kaufman County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1995-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 192146
TORFTW
TXC257-192230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
445 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN KAUFMAN COUNTY
 
AT 445 PM...RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST WEST
OF MABANK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill61 min
Apr 19, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis56 min
Apr 19, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill60 min
Apr 19, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan57 min
Apr 19, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis68 min
Apr 19, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas56 min
Apr 19, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro60 min
Apr 19, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDKaufman, Rockwall64 min
Apr 19, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNavarro59 min
Apr 19, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall68 min
Apr 19, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Henderson66 min
Apr 19, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt62 min
Apr 19, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rains, Van Zandt55 min
Apr 19, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones39 min
Apr 19, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell67 min
Apr 19, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins64 min
Apr 19, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman61 min
Apr 19, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt69 min
Apr 19, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDStonewall63 min
Apr 19, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDVan Zandt63 min
Apr 19, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFranklin, Titus64 min
Apr 19, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith, Wood59 min
Apr 19, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDRed River62 min
Apr 19, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Morris, Upshur61 min
Apr 19, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton68 min
Apr 19, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche68 min
Apr 19, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath58 min
Apr 19, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Young56 min
Apr 19, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Palo Pinto68 min
Apr 19, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMorris47 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.