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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 3, 1995Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1995, 8:49 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 1995, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Mitchell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 KABI 040150
TORABI
TXC335-040230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
849 PM CDT MON APR 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY
 
AT 844 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN
MITCHELL COUNTY ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER AT BEALS CREEK MAY PRODUCE
A TORNADO.
 
THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER
AND WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 208 NORTH OF SILVER...ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL AND SOUTHWESTERN NOLAN COUNTY LINE...AT AROUND 915 PM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.
AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
IF YOU SEE A TORNADO...ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche64 min
Apr 3, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell69 min
Apr 3, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton68 min
Apr 4, 12:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hamilton4 hr
Apr 4, 12:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill4 hr
Apr 4, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill65 min
Apr 4, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
Apr 4, 3:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Kaufman, Navarro3 hr
Apr 4, 4:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill3 hr
Apr 4, 5:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBrown, Coleman3 hr

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.