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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 12, 1996Montague County, Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1996, 11:19 AM CDT for Montague County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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 12, 1996, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 1996, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montague County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 12, 11:20 AM CDTHail 2.75Ringgold, TX
Apr 12, 11:30 AM CDTHail 2.75Bowie, 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 12:00Z on 1996-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1074 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 12:00Z on 1996-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1074 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 12, 6:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton54 min
Apr 12, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung65 min
Apr 12, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack47 min
Apr 12, 11:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant67 min
Apr 12, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton65 min
Apr 12, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin68 min
Apr 12, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague47 min
Apr 12, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung43 min
Apr 12, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack61 min
Apr 12, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin63 min
Apr 12, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin53 min
Apr 12, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar48 min
Apr 12, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague46 min
Apr 12, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto62 min
Apr 12, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise62 min
Apr 12, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke61 min
Apr 12, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker62 min
Apr 12, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant57 min
Apr 12, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker32 min
Apr 12, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton66 min
Apr 12, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant36 min
Apr 12, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant61 min
Apr 12, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson60 min
Apr 12, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin67 min
Apr 12, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas63 min
Apr 12, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis57 min
Apr 12, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRockwall31 min
Apr 12, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill67 min
Apr 12, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman62 min
Apr 12, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan53 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.