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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 1996, 9:28 PM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 9 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 13, 1996, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 1996, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Denton County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 9:36 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Justin, TX | |
| Apr 13, 9:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Roanoke, TX | |
| Apr 13, 9:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Denton, TX | |
| Apr 13, 9:48 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Bolivar, TX | |
| Apr 13, 9:58 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Argyle, TX | |
| Apr 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Argyle, TX | |
| Apr 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Roanoke, TX | |
| Apr 13, 10:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Navo, TX | |
| Apr 13, 10:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisville, 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 140230 TORFTW TXC121-140300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 928 PM CDT SAT APR 13 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...DENTON COUNTY AT 928 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 114 ON THE WISE-DENTON COUNTY LINE ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUSTIN. THE PARENT STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. JUSTIN AND ARGYLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A .TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 13, 4:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ094>097-105>112-122>126-135>138-150-151-140530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 435 PM CDT SAT APR 13 1996 ...LATE NIGHT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS...NORTH AND EAST OF A BONHAM TO ATHENS TO CARTAGE LINE. THE RISK AREA INCLUDES PARIS... SULPHUR SPRINGS...QUITMAN...TYLER...LONGVIEW...AND MARSHALL. A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WILL TRACK EAST OVERNIGHT AND INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY NOON SUNDAY. AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES EASTWARD...A SURFACE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE RISK AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BECOME THE FOCUSING BOUNDARY FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. A LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS TONIGHT WILL AID IN THE TRANSPORT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE RISK AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT. FORECAST WINDS ALOFT INDICATE THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT DIRECTIONAL AND SPEED SHEER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL STORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL MOVE EASTWARD WITH THE FRONT AND ENCOMPASS MOST OF THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS BY NOON SUNDAY. SINCE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 3 AM AND SUNRISE...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR AN UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK BY 10 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Grayson | 61 min |
| Apr 13, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 69 min |
| Apr 13, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 67 min |
| Apr 13, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 64 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.