Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 1996, 8:43 PM CST for Mills County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Jan 17, 1996, 8:43 PM CST (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 1996, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mills County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 9:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite, TX | |
| Jan 17, 9:05 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Priddy, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 428 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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, Jan 17, 2:44 PM CST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jan 17, 5:15 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ093>097-103>112-118>126-131>138-144>153-157>167-174-175-180700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 515 PM CST WED JAN 17 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE-FORT WORTH-GATESVILLE LINE. THE CITIES OF SHERMAN... PARIS...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...WACO...TEMPLE...KILLEEN... LUFKIN...AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE UPPER SYSTEM STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE GRADUALLY INCREASING MOISTURE VALUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS EVENING A FAST-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL OVERTAKE A STATIONARY DRY LINE THAT EXTENDED NEAR A VERNON-ABILENE LINE AT 5PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AFTER SUNSET... MOST LIKELY NEAR A WICHITA FALLS-BRECKENRIDGE LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM INTO A BROKEN TO SOLID SQUALL LINE NEAR A SHERMAN-DALLAS- WAXAHACHIE LINE BY MIDNIGHT...THEN MOVE RAPIDLY EAST INTO EAST TEXAS. CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND SHORT-RANGE COMPUTER FORECASTS INDICATE THAT THE COMBINATION OF MODEST INSTABILITIES AND RAPID INCREASE OF WIND SPEEDS WITH HEIGHT THROUGH 6000 FEET WILL RESULT IN A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE WIND STORMS. THESE STORMS LIKELY WILL ASSUME THE RADAR SHAPE OF "BOW ECHOES". DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY MODE OF SEVERE WEATHER...HOWEVER THE VERY STRONG WIND FIELDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW TORNADOES...MAINLY WITH THE BOW ECHO STORMS. SOME SMALL HAIL ALSO MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH A GIVEN AREA VERY QUICKLY...WITH THE STORMS LIKELY TO MOVE WITH FORWARD SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COOL NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND BOTH AHEAD AND NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS WILL CONTINUE QUITE STRONG TONIGHT. SOME MINOR DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS DURING THE DAY...AND MORE MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE STRONG WIND FIELD. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT...MAINLY IN CENTRAL SECTIONS THIS EVENING...AND IN EAST TEXAS LATE TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 5:22 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ093>097-103>112-118>126-131>138-144>153-157>167-174-175-180700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 515 PM CST WED JAN 17 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE-FORT WORTH-GATESVILLE LINE. THE CITIES OF SHERMAN... PARIS...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...WACO...TEMPLE...KILLEEN... LUFKIN...AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE UPPER SYSTEM STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE GRADUALLY INCREASING MOISTURE VALUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS EVENING A FAST-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL OVERTAKE A STATIONARY DRY LINE THAT EXTENDED NEAR A VERNON-ABILENE LINE AT 5PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AFTER SUNSET... MOST LIKELY NEAR A WICHITA FALLS-BRECKENRIDGE LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM INTO A BROKEN TO SOLID SQUALL LINE NEAR A SHERMAN-DALLAS- WAXAHACHIE LINE BY MIDNIGHT...THEN MOVE RAPIDLY EAST INTO EAST TEXAS. CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND SHORT-RANGE COMPUTER FORECASTS INDICATE THAT THE COMBINATION OF MODEST INSTABILITIES AND RAPID INCREASE OF WIND SPEEDS WITH HEIGHT THROUGH 6000 FEET WILL RESULT IN A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE WIND STORMS. THESE STORMS LIKELY WILL ASSUME THE RADAR SHAPE OF "BOW ECHOES". DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY MODE OF SEVERE WEATHER...HOWEVER THE VERY STRONG WIND FIELDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW TORNADOES...MAINLY WITH THE BOW ECHO STORMS. SOME SMALL HAIL ALSO MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH A GIVEN AREA VERY QUICKLY...WITH THE STORMS LIKELY TO MOVE WITH FORWARD SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COOL NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND BOTH AHEAD AND NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS WILL CONTINUE QUITE STRONG TONIGHT. SOME MINOR DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS DURING THE DAY...AND MORE MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE STRONG` WIND FIELD. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT...MAINLY IN CENTRAL SECTIONS THIS EVENING...AND IN EAST TEXAS LATE TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 69 min |
| Jan 17, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 35 min |
| Jan 17, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 28 min |
| Jan 17, 9:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 38 min |
| Jan 17, 9:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 62 min |
| Jan 17, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 9:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 54 min |
| Jan 17, 10:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 58 min |
| Jan 17, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 45 min |
| Jan 17, 10:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 68 min |
| Jan 17, 10:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 69 min |
| Jan 17, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 52 min |
| Jan 17, 11:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Hunt, Rains | 63 min |
| Jan 17, 11:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 26 min |
| Jan 17, 11:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson | 39 min |
| Jan 17, 11:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 49 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.