Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1996, 3:32 PM CDT for Jones County, Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 4 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 21, 1996, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1996, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jones County, TX, Taylor County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 3:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Abilene, TX | |
| Apr 21, 4:00 PM CDT | Hail 4.5 | Stamford, TX | |
| Apr 21, 4:03 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Abilene, TX | |
| Apr 21, 4:30 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Hawley, 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 1461 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 21, 12:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ091>167-174-175-220300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1153 AM CDT SUN APR 21 1996 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN ONE-HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MODERATE RISK IS FOR THAT AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A HASKALL-EASTLAND- HILLSBORO-ATHENS-TYLER LINE. MINERAL WELLS...SHERMAN...PARIS... GRAHAM...SULPHUR SPRINGS AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS. INCLUDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA ARE THE CITIES OF WACO...TEMPLE...KILLEAN...AND HAMILTON. AT NOON A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS DEVELOPING BETWEEN AMARILLO AND LUBBOCK...WITH A DRY LINE EXTENDING SOUTHEAST FROM THE LOW NEAR A MATADOR-SNYDER-OZONA LINE. THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST TO NEAR CHILDRESS BY 7PM WITH THE DRY LINE ALONG A HASKALL-ABILENE-SAN ANGELO LINE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM BY MID-AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF THE LOW AND DRY LINE...WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY EAST THE SURFACE LOW. SOME TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...MAINLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS LIKELY BY TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...GENERALLY IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTIVATION IN WESTERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...CENTRAL SECTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND EASTERN AREAS TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. AN UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ091>167-174-175-220300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1233 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN ONE-HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MODERATE RISK IS FOR THAT AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A HASKALL-EASTLAND- HILLSBORO-ATHENS-TYLER LINE. MINERAL WELLS...SHERMAN...PARIS... GRAHAM...SULPHUR SPRINGS AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS. INCLUDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA ARE THE CITIES OF WACO...TEMPLE...KILLEAN...AND HAMILTON. AT NOON A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS DEVELOPING BETWEEN AMARILLO AND LUBBOCK...WITH A DRY LINE EXTENDING SOUTHEAST FROM THE LOW NEAR A MATADOR-SNYDER-OZONA LINE. THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST TO NEAR CHILDRESS BY 7PM WITH THE DRY LINE ALONG A HASKALL-ABILENE-SAN ANGELO LINE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM BY MID-AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF THE LOW AND DRY LINE...WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE SURFACE LOW. SOME TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...MAINLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS LIKELY BY TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...GENERALLY IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTIVATION IN WESTERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... CENTRAL SECTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND EASTERN AREAS TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. AN UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE AFTERNOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 68 min |
| Apr 21, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones, Taylor | 64 min |
| Apr 21, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan, Shackelford | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 59 min |
| Apr 21, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 61 min |
| Apr 21, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 59 min |
| Apr 21, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 64 min |
| Apr 21, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 69 min |
| Apr 21, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 63 min |
| Apr 21, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 60 min |
| Apr 21, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 49 min |
| Apr 21, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.