Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 607, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 21, 1996, 10:01 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Oct 21, 1996, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 1996, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dallas County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 10:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Lancaster, TX | |
| Oct 21, 10:12 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lancaster, 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 220302 SVRFTW TXC113-220400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1001 PM CDT MON OCT 21 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...DALLAS COUNTY AT 1000 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERNING SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY. THIS STORM LIKELY WILL PRODUCE HAIL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AS IT MOVES RAPIDLY NORTHEAST...AT 55 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Oct 21, 5:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ091>167-174-175-220200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 530 PM CDT MON OCT 21 1996 ...COLD TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. BEHIND THIS FRONT...TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL TO THE COLDEST READINGS SO FAR THIS SEASON. THE MERCURY SHOULD FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S BY TUESDAY MORNING OVER THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A BOWIE TO BRECKENRIDGE TO ABILENE LINE. TUESDAY NIGHT SKIES SHOULD BE GENERALLY CLEAR AND WINDS LIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD DROP INTO THE 34 TO 40 DEGREE RANGE AREAWIDE.
Local storm report, Oct 21, 8:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
820 PM CDT MON OCT 21 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM DALLAS TX TORNADO
10/21/96 DALLAS *** 7 INJ ***
ROOF BLOWN PARTIALLY OFF
APARTMENT
DEBRIS DAMAGED CARS AND
BUILDINGS
MOBILE HOME BLOWN OVER
1025 AM MESQUITE TX TORNADO
10/21/96 DALLAS ROOFS BLOWN OFF SEVERAL
HOUSES
1030 AM FT WORTH TX 2 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 TARRANT 500 NEW AUTOS DAMAGED
1105 AM 8 N CROWLEY TX 60 MPH TSTM GUST
10/21/96 TARRANT
1115 AM RICHLAND HILLS TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 TARRANT
1120 AM 5 N MORGAN MILL TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 ERATH
1130 AM GRAPEVINE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 DALLAS
1135 AM 5 S SANTO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 ERATH
1140 AM IRVING TX 1.5 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 DALLAS
1150 AM 7 W PLANO TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 COLLIN
1220 PM 4 E GRANBURY TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 HOOD
1220 PM 4 S WEATHERFORD TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 PARKER
1220 PM 5 SW BOYD TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 WISE
1240 PM 6 N CROWLEY TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 TARRANT
1240 PM BURLESON TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 JOHNSON
1240 PM DUNCANVILLE TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 DALLAS
0130 PM 5 W DALLAS TX 2 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 DALLAS
0130 PM 8 S COMANCHE TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 COMANCHE
0155 PM 3 E ROCKWALL TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 ROCKWALL
0215 PM 8 W TERRELL TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 KAUFMAN
0255 PM EMORY TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 RAINS
0305 PM SOUTH LAKE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 TARRANT
0315 PM 4 NE HAMILTON TX TORNADO
10/21/96 HAMILTON
0315 PM GRAPEVINE TX 4.5 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 TARRANT
0320 PM LEWISVILLE TX 4.5 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 DENTON
0325 PM COPPELL TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 DALLAS
0330 PM HICO TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 HAMILTON
0335 PM 4 W PLANO TX 2 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 COLLIN
0345 PM 5 E HAMILTON TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 HAMILTON
0350 PM 5 W PLANO TX 2 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 COLLIN
0400 PM ITASCA TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 HILL
0410 PM 5 S MERIDIAN TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 BOSQUE
0415 PM MAYPEARL TX .88 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 ELLIS
0415 PM ITASCA TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 HILL
0415 PM OSCEOLA TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 HILL
0420 PM AVALON TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 ELLIS
0422 PM ITALY TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 ELLIS
0427 PM WAXAHACHIE TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 ELLIS
0452 PM HILLSBORO TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 HILL
0505 PM MALONE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 HILL
0505 PM BLOOMING GROVE TX 60 MPH TSTM GUST
10/21/96 NAVARRO
0508 PM PALMER TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 ELLIS
0520 PM ROSSER TX WIND DAMAGE
10/21/96 KAUFMAN TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN
0528 PM JIBA TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 KAUFMAN
0540 PM EUSTACE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 HENDERSON
0540 PM CANTON TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 VAN ZANDT
0540 PM 2 W CORSICANA TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 NAVARRO
0540 PM 5 S WISE TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 VAN ZANDT
0610 PM KING TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 CORYELL
0612 PM ATHENS TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 HENDERSON
0550 PM 5 E BEND TX 60 MPH WIND
10/21/96 LAMPASAS
0810 PM OLNEY TX .88 INCH HAIL
10/21/96 YOUNGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 32 min |
| Oct 21, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 60 min |
| Oct 21, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Leon | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.