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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 29, 1995Grayson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1995, 7:50 PM CDT for Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1995, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Grayson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1995-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3886 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 1995-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
3886 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
13.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 300050
TORFTW
TXC181-300145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
750 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...GRAYSON COUNTY
 
AT 750 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LIKELY TORNADO
NEAR DORCHESTER. PERSONS LIVING IN GUNTER AND FARMINGTON ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood65 min
Apr 29, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Grayson64 min
Apr 29, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson60 min
Apr 29, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant56 min
Apr 29, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin63 min
Apr 29, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell60 min
Apr 29, 8:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood115 min
Apr 29, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDSomervell65 min
Apr 29, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque62 min
Apr 29, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas62 min
Apr 29, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant60 min
Apr 29, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin53 min
Apr 29, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRockwall66 min
Apr 29, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman46 min
Apr 29, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque21 min
Apr 29, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant32 min
Apr 29, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Kaufman31 min
Apr 29, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro68 min
Apr 29, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis60 min
Apr 29, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNavarro37 min
Apr 29, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone65 min
Apr 29, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro46 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.