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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 1995, 12:59 PM CDT for Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellis County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2545 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 101800 TORFTW TXC139-101900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1259 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...ELLIS COUNTY AT 1256 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAXAHACHIE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WOULD CARRY THE STORM VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE BETWEEN 110 AND 120 PM CDT. RESIDENTS OF WAXAHACHIE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS DANGEROUS STORM. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>110-115>125-129>137-141>150-155>163-101815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1130 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM NORTH OF A STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS LINE... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WISE...COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM... AT 1125 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM MUENSTER TO WEATHERFORD TO COMANCHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY DENTON...CORSICANA...KILLEEN AND GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE TO PALESTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>110-115>125-129>137-141>150-155>163-101815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1130 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM NORTH OF A STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS LINE... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARN FOR WISE...COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM MUENSTER TO WEATHERFORD TO COMANCHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY DENTON...CORSICANA...KILLEEN AND GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE TO PALESTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>110-115>125-129>137-141>150-155>163-101815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1130 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM NORTH OF A STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS LINE... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WISE...COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM... AT 1125 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM MUENSTER TO WEATHERFORD TO COMANCHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY DENTON...CORSICANA...KILLEEN AND GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE TO PALESTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Stonewall | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Wise | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, McLennan | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 68 min |
| Apr 10, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 69 min |
| Apr 10, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Navarro | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 69 min |
| Apr 10, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 71 min |
| Apr 10, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 4:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Kaufman | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Titus | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp, Morris | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Red River | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wood | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith, Upshur, Wood | 3 hr |
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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.