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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 15, 1995Titus County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 1995, 4:16 PM CST for Titus County, Texas. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 15, 1995, 4:16 PM CST (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Dec 15, 1995, 4:45 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Titus County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-12-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-12-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-321 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 152216
TORSHV
TXC449-152245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
416 PM CST FRI DEC 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...TITUS COUNTY
 
AT 413 PM...THE TEXARKANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TROOPER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 8 MILES EAST OF TALCO TEXAS.
THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 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.

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.