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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 2, 1996Nolan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1996, 1:39 PM CDT for Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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
Jun 2, 1996, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1996, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Nolan County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 2:08 PM CDTHail 0.75Sweetwater, 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1996-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2074 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1996-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2074 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABI 021840
SVRABI
TXC353-021945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
139 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...NOLAN COUNTY
 
AT 135 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED TWO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN NOLAN COUNTY. ONE SEVERE STORM WAS IN THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE COUNTY NEAR BLACKWELL AND OAK CREEK LAKE.
 
THE SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
NOLAN COUNTY NEAR SWEETWATER.
 
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE TWO STORMS AS
THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell37 min
Jun 2, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan58 min
Jun 2, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell67 min
Jun 2, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Mitchell, Nolan61 min
Jun 2, 4:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNolan4 hr
Jun 2, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones, Taylor55 min
Jun 2, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell63 min

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.