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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 5, 1995Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1995, 7:52 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1995, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1995, 8:14 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Dallas County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 1995-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1242 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 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
1242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 060052
TORFTW
TXC113-060200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
752 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...DALLAS COUNTY
 
AT 752 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THE LEADING
EDGE OF A VERY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE MID CITIES IN
NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY.  THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
SOFTBALL-SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  NUMEROUS BUILDINGS
AND AUTOMOBILES HAVE RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DUE TO WIND-DRIVEN HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH...AND WILL APPROACH
D/FW AIRPORT...IRVING...AND PLANO IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE CIRCULATION WITH THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF ARLINGTON.  THIS CIRCULATION WILL MOVE ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF 
EI30 CORRIDOR INTO DALLAS COUNTY AFTER 800 PM.
 
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.
 
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 STRONG 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
May 5, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant69 min
May 5, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown69 min
May 5, 7:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Parker3 hr
May 5, 7:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
May 5, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills66 min
May 5, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis63 min
May 5, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill67 min
May 5, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton64 min
May 5, 8:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis2 hr
May 5, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman57 min
May 5, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill, Navarro3 hr
May 5, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque3 hr
May 5, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas32 min
May 5, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro59 min
May 5, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton46 min
May 5, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt60 min
May 5, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan64 min
May 5, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Wood58 min
May 5, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith61 min
May 5, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell39 min
May 5, 10:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant3 hr
May 5, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, McLennan63 min
May 5, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee56 min
May 5, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur56 min
May 6, 12:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill, Limestone, McLennan2 hr
May 6, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone34 min
May 6, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall62 min
May 6, 6:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall56 min
May 6, 6:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland62 min
May 6, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor35 min
May 6, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDShackelford35 min
May 6, 7:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell69 min
May 6, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath31 min
May 6, 10:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague62 min
May 6, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke66 min
May 6, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson43 min
May 6, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise53 min
May 6, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton50 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.