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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 13, 1996Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 1996, 11:41 PM CDT for Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 1996, 11:41 PM CDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 1996, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Delta County, TX, Hopkins County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 12:25 AM CDTHail 1Klondike, TX
Apr 14, 12:28 AM CDTHail 1.75Ridgeway, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 1996-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1583 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 1996-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 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
1583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise60 min
Apr 13, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke51 min
Apr 13, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Grayson61 min
Apr 13, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise25 min
Apr 13, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDenton32 min
Apr 13, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell31 min
Apr 13, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton43 min
Apr 13, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Grayson69 min
Apr 13, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson67 min
Apr 13, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hamilton64 min
Apr 13, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas40 min
Apr 13, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.