Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 50, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT for Fisher County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fisher County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABI 232117 TORABI TXC151-415-232215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 415 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...FISHER COUNTY...SCURRY COUNTY AT 414 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WITHIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 84 NEAR HERMLEIGH...HEADED FOR ROTAN. THIS STORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AHEAD OF THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SCURRY COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND tMOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
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 23, 11:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ091>167-240600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1150 AM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN ONE-HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A PARIS...CLEBURNE...SAN SABA LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...BOWIE...MINERAL WELLS...BROWNWOOD...ABILENE AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTHWESTERN THREE-QUARTERS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A DE KALB...TYLER...TEMPLE LINE AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SULPHUR SPRINGS...KAUFMAN...CORSICANA...WACO...KILLEEN AND LAMPASAS. BY LATE MORNING...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO A LOW PRESSURE AREA WEST OF AMARILLO TO CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. A DRYLINE EXTENDED FROM THE LOW SOUTHWEST TO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. WARM...MOIST AIR WAS IN POSITION SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT AND WEST OF THE DRYLINE. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...SURFACE HEATING OVER WEST TEXAS AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE WILL MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE MORE UNSTABLE...THUS GENERATING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UP AND DOWN THE HIGH PLAINS. ALTHOUGH THE FLOW ALOFT WILL MOVE MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS INTO OKLAHOMA...SOME WILL MOVE INTO THE RISK AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS ALOFT ARE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT DUE TO THE DIRECTIONAL AND SPEED SHEAR. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS ACROSS THE WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 23, 12:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ091>167-240600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1150 AM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995 ...CORRECTED THIRD PARAGRAPH. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN ONE-HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A PARIS...CLEBURNE...SAN SABA LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...BOWIE...MINERAL WELLS...BROWNWOOD...ABILENE AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTHWESTERN THREE-QUARTERS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A DE KALB...TYLER...TEMPLE LINE AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SULPHUR SPRINGS...KAUFMAN...CORSICANA...WACO...KILLEEN AND LAMPASAS. BY LATE MORNING...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO A LOW PRESSURE AREA WEST OF AMARILLO TO CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. A DRYLINE EXTENDED FROM THE LOW SOUTHWEST TO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. WARM...MOIST AIR WAS IN POSITION SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...SURFACE HEATING OVER WEST TEXAS AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE WILL MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE MORE UNSTABLE...THUS GENERATING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UP AND DOWN THE HIGH PLAINS. ALTHOUGH THE FLOW ALOFT WILL MOVE MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS INTO OKLAHOMA...SOME WILL MOVE INTO THE RISK AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS ALOFT ARE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT DUE TO THE DIRECTIONAL AND SPEED SHEAR. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS ACROSS THE WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE WEATHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Scurry | 54 min |
| May 23, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 69 min |
| May 23, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 66 min |
| May 23, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 61 min |
| May 23, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher | 42 min |
| May 23, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 64 min |
| May 23, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 69 min |
| May 23, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 62 min |
| May 23, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 68 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.