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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 17, 1995, 6:50 PM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1995, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bell County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 172351 TORFTW TXC027-180030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 650 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BELL COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPINT TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF YOUNGSPORT MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. YOUNGSPORT AND SALADO ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO AND PERSONS IN THESE TOWNS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! 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, May 17, 3:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ091>167-172045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 303 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 4 PM... AT 300 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM JUST EAST OF DENTON TO FORT WORTH TO NEAR GLEN ROSE TO HICO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AND ARE BEING MONITORED CLOSELY. IN ADDITION...ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS EAST OF LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO WEATHERFORD TO STEPHENVILLE TO SAN SABA...REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH...SHERMAN...WACO...KILLEEN... AND TYLER. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES.
Special weather statement, May 17, 3:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-113>123-127>135-139>147-154>162-180600- WIND ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 345 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY WEST OF A PARIS TO ATHENS TO CENTERVILLE LINE AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABILENE...BROWNWOOD...SHERMAN...PARIS...DENTON...WACO...TEMPLE AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. LATE THIS AFTERNOOON...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA WHILE A DRY LINE EXTENDED SOUTH ALONG A MONTAGUE TO WEATHERFORD TO SAN SABA LINE. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...CREATING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT. WINDS WEST OF THE DRY LINE WILL BLOW FROM THE WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WHILE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE LINE. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY PEOPLE DRIVING HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES... SUCH AS CAMPERS AND VANS...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF DRIVING THROUGH THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE OPEN WATERS ON LAKES ROUGH AND VERY HAZARDOUS...SO BOATERS ARE URGED TO STAY CLOSE TO SHORE. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WIND INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 31 min |
| May 17, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 49 min |
| May 17, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 42 min |
| May 17, 9:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 52 min |
| May 17, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 55 min |
| May 17, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 69 min |
| May 17, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 68 min |
| May 17, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 66 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.