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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 28, 1995Brown County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1995, 6:41 PM CDT for Brown County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1995, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Brown County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1245 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
1245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 282342
TORABI
TXC049-290045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
ISSUED BY FORT WORTH TX
641 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BROWN COUNTY
 
AT 641 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A DEVELOPING
TORNADO JUST NORTH OF BROWNWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
PERSONS IN BROWNWOOD TAKE COVER NOW!
 
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 28, 3:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ098>101-114>117-128>130-140>142-282100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
305 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995

AT 305 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS OVER AN AREA GENERALLY WEST OF AN ARCHER CITY TO
MINERAL WELLS TO COMANCHE LINE.  THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF OLNEY...10 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSBORO
AND 8 MILES WEST OF EASTLAND.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...YOU WILL
ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY
WIND TO 45 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ098>101-114>117-128>130-140>142-282100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
305 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995

AT 305 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS OVER AN AREA GENERALLY WEST OF AN ARCHER CITY TO
MINERAL WELLS TO COMANCHE LINE.  THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF OLNEY...10 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSBORO
AND 8 MILES WEST OF EASTLAND.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...YOU WILL
ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY
WIND TO 45 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell60 min
Jun 27, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell65 min
Jun 27, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam65 min
Jun 28, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto65 min
Jun 28, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas68 min
Jun 28, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens57 min
Jun 28, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Young64 min
Jun 28, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack63 min
Jun 28, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto3 hr
Jun 28, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown58 min
Jun 28, 6:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBrown, Coleman3 hr
Jun 28, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Coleman3 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.