Tornado Warning 36, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Jun 4, 1996, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 1996, 1:15 AM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Brown County, TX

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KABI 040546
TORABI
TXC049-040615-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
1245 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BROWN COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED INCREASED ROTATION WITHIN THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST BROWN COUNTY.
 
THE POSSIBLE TORNADO IS LOCATED NEAR BANGS HILL...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH TOWARD BROWNWOOD.
 
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.
 
IN HOMES AND APARTMENTS...INTERIOR BATHROOMS AND CLOSETS ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. COVER YOURSELF WITH
BLANKETS OR CLOTHING AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS.
 
IF YOU SEE A TORNADO...ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.