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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 29, 1995Hamilton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1995, 9:48 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 300250
TORFTW
TXC193-300330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
948 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY
 
AT 948 PM...RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF HICO.
PERSONS LIVING IN FAIRY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche48 min
May 29, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton60 min
May 29, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque62 min
May 29, 9:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton2 hr
May 29, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill65 min
May 29, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque60 min
May 29, 10:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hill3 hr
May 29, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro68 min
May 30, 5:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin2 hr
May 30, 6:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson2 hr
May 30, 6:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar2 hr

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.