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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 22, 1996Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1996, 1:27 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1996, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1996, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Mitchell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 00:00Z on 1996-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1996-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
5021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABI 220629
TORABI
TXC335-220730-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
127 AM CDT MON APR 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY
 
AT 126 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORNADIC CIRCULATION WITH THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SILVER.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.
AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
IF YOU SEE A TORNADO...ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 "

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton, Young51 min
Apr 21, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague58 min
Apr 21, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Montague68 min
Apr 21, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague42 min
Apr 21, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke63 min
Apr 21, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague56 min
Apr 21, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson67 min
Apr 21, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke66 min
Apr 21, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke57 min
Apr 21, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson57 min
Apr 21, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson57 min
Apr 21, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke56 min
Apr 21, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson59 min
Apr 22, 12:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson64 min
Apr 22, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
Apr 22, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell63 min
Apr 22, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan57 min
Apr 22, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor59 min
Apr 22, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones59 min
Apr 22, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell57 min
Apr 22, 2:48 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDTaylor57 min
Apr 22, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor66 min
Apr 22, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Shackelford69 min
Apr 22, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Throckmorton, Young56 min
Apr 22, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young63 min
Apr 22, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke55 min
Apr 22, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant55 min
Apr 22, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell55 min
Apr 22, 8:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill69 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.