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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT for Haskell County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haskell County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 981 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 052343 TORFTW TXC207-060030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 645 PM CDT MON JUN 5 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 ...HASKELL COUNTY AT 645 PM...TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 5 MILES NORTH OF LAKE STAMFOR BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THIS AREA WITH THIS STORM. STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. 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, Jun 5, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
TXZ098-099-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 505 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 AT 504 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KNOX CITY MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS STORM SHOULD IT TURN MORE TO THE SOUTH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
TXZ098-099-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 505 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 AT 504 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KNOX CITY MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS STORM SHOULD IT TURN MORE TO THE SOUTH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STbATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TXZ098-099-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 540 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS TIL 10 PM.. AT 535 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF KNOX CITY MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE MILLERS CREEK RESERVOIR AREA BY 600 PM. ALSO...THIS STORM WAS INTENSIFYING AND MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS STORM SHOULD IT TURN MORE TO THE SOUTH. FURTHER WEST...AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN THE CITIES OF CHILDRESS AND DICKENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Scurry | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Scurry | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Throckmorton | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 60 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.