Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 63, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1995, 6:35 PM CDT for Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1995, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nolan County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 599 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1343 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABI 022339 TORABI TXC353-030000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 635 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...NOLAN COUNTY AT 633PM CDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICTAES A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF MARYNEAL. STORM INDICATES A RIGHT MOVEMENT. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE BLACKWELL AND OAK CREEK RESERVOIR AREA SHOULD SEEK COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE 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, Jul 2, 1:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ100>102-115>119-129>132-021830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 125 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 AT 125 PM CDT....NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF MINERAL WELLS TO GORDON. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN EMORY AND QUITMAN AND 15 MILES WEST OF GILMER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF WEATHERFORD TO FORT WORTH TO GILMER. THIS ACTIVITY WAS EAST AT 25 MILES A HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ091>096-101>111-116>125-131-133-134-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 225 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 AT 225 PM CDT....NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED FROM SOUTHLAKE TO IRVING. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 7 MILES WEST OF PARIS AND BETWEEN PECAN GAP AND RIDGEWAY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS NORTH OF A WEATHERFORD...MARSHALL LINE. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES A HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ103>105-118>121-022120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 AT 320 PM CDT....NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN MESQUITE AND ROYSE CITY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO BETWEEN BEDFORD AND VAN ALSTYNE. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN DECREASING IN INTENSITY. IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NEAR THE RED RIVER FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF BONHAM TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM COOPER TO PITTSBURG. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ103>105-118>121-022120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 AT 320 PM CDT....NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN MESQUITE AND ROYSE CITY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO BETWEEN BEDFORD AND VAN ALSTYNE. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN DECREASING IN INTENSITY. IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NEAR THE RED RIVER FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF BONHAM TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM COOPER TO PITTSBURG. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
TXZ098>100-115-022315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 515 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 AT 515 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTH OF HASKELL...12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASKELL AND JUST EAST OF HASKELL. MOVEMENT TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THROCKMORTON COUNTY BY 530 PM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO 45 MPH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ098>100-115-022315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 515 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 AT 515 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTH OF HASKELL...12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASKELL AND JUST EAST OF HASKELL. MOVEMENT TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THROCKMORTON COUNTY BY 530 PM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO 45 MPH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Throckmorton | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 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.