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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 7, 1995Eastland County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1995, 7:47 PM CDT for Eastland County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1995, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eastland County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 1995-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3345 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
3345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
424 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.5
Supercell composite
18.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 080046
TORFTW
TXC133-080145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
747 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 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
 
   ...EASTLAND COUNTY
 
AT 747 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED BETWEEN LEON RESORVOIR AND DESDEMONA. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT 741 PM...60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN
GORMAN.
 
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 AVAIL6ABLE...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.
 
 
 
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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

Local storm report, May 7, 5:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
545 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FROM DAY MONTH DATE...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0317 PM    WIZARD WELLS              TX       TORNADO
05/07/95   JACK                               SIGHTED BY PUBLIC

0352 PM    5 N RUNAWAY BAY           TX       TORNADO
05/07/95   WISE                               RICHARDSON BOYSCOUT
                                              CAMP

0410 PM    5 NE SUNSET               TX       TORNADO
05/07/95   MONTAGUE                           SIGHTED BY SPOTTERS

0415 PM    SAINT JO                  TX       TORNADO
05/07/95   MONTAGUE                           CONFIRMED BY PUBLIC

0425 PM    4 NW MUENSTER             TX       TORNADO
05/07/95   COOKE                              CONFIRMED BY SPOTTERS

0440 PM    5 W SIVELLS BEND          TX       TORNADO DAMAGE
05/07/95   COOKE

0500 PM    ROCHESTER                 TX       1.25 INCH HAIL
05/07/95   HASKELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman59 min
May 7, 7:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland58 min
May 7, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche64 min
May 7, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche62 min
May 7, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath65 min
May 7, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto68 min
May 7, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker59 min
May 7, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche66 min
May 7, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath62 min
May 7, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hamilton62 min
May 7, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell62 min
May 7, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker43 min
May 7, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant63 min
May 7, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise46 min
May 7, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Parker, Somervell3 hr
May 7, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise3 hr
May 7, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton60 min
May 7, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill61 min
May 7, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant4 hr
May 7, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Denton4 hr
May 7, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis60 min
May 7, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas56 min
May 7, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas64 min
May 7, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin61 min
May 7, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt55 min
May 8, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman69 min
May 8, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt60 min
May 8, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains40 min
May 8, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Wood63 min
May 8, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith30 min
May 8, 1:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Palo Pinto, Parker3 hr
May 8, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins3 hr
May 8, 2:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWood3 hr
May 8, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro3 hr
May 8, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant4 hr
May 8, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall4 hr
May 8, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Titus4 hr
May 8, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton4 hr
May 8, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDVan Zandt4 hr
May 8, 3:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rains3 hr
May 8, 4:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton3 hr
May 8, 4:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro4 hr
May 8, 4:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins4 hr
May 8, 5:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood4 hr
May 8, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood4 hr
May 8, 7:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar4 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.