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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 19, 1995Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1995, 8:19 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 8:40 PM CDTTornado F2Fort Worth, TXThe tornado track was approximately five miles long from the Texas Christian University campus to 1.5 miles southeast of downtown Fort Worth. At least six vehicles were overturned, major damage was sustained by an apartment complex, and significant damage occ

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 7 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 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1096 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 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 445 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1096 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
445 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
497 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
12.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 200120
TORFTW
TXC439-200215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
819 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...TARRANT COUNTY
 
AT 819 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF WHITE
SETTLEMENT MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS NORTH OF I-30 ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRFONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Mills65 min
Apr 19, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto54 min
Apr 19, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown62 min
Apr 19, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker56 min
Apr 19, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague68 min
Apr 19, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell64 min
Apr 19, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant60 min
Apr 19, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise56 min
Apr 19, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson59 min
Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHood, Somervell65 min
Apr 19, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton58 min
Apr 19, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hamilton69 min
Apr 19, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas, Mills69 min
Apr 19, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell61 min
Apr 19, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas59 min
Apr 19, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill65 min
Apr 19, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
Apr 19, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDKaufman65 min
Apr 19, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDRockwall31 min
Apr 19, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas29 min
Apr 19, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell58 min
Apr 19, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, McLennan53 min
Apr 19, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt61 min
Apr 19, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWood60 min
Apr 20, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith46 min
Apr 20, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam49 min
Apr 20, 7:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls63 min
Apr 20, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan68 min
Apr 20, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls64 min
Apr 20, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman27 min
Apr 20, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, Navarro57 min
Apr 20, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone50 min
Apr 20, 9:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson68 min
Apr 20, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone37 min
Apr 20, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone68 min
Apr 20, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson53 min
Apr 20, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith56 min
Apr 20, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon66 min
Apr 20, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson65 min
Apr 20, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.