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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 13, 1996Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1996, 7:26 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
May 13, 1996, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1996, 7:55 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Mitchell County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 7:45 PM CDTTornado F0Colorado City, 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 00:00Z, 0.4 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 1996-05-14Temperature 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 1996-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4119 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABI 140027
TORABI
TXC335-140100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
726 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 755 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...MITCHELL COUNTY
 
STORM SPOTTERS SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE SPADE
CEMETERY.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH...THIS WILL TAKE THE STORM ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO CITY.
 
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 SEE A TORNADO..0.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
May 13, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.