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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 12, 1996Lamar County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1996, 8:44 PM CDT for Lamar County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 12, 1996, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1996, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 12, 8:47 PM CDTThunderstorm WindBlossom, 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 00:00Z on 1996-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 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 00:00Z on 1996-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 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 KFTW 130145
TORFTW
TXC277-130215-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
844 PM CDT WED JUN 12 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY
 
AT 845 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A
TORNADO OVER NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY 3 MILES EAST OF POWDERLY. MOVEMENWAS NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. SLATE SHOALS AND FAULKNER ARE IN THE PATH
FTHIS TORNADO.
 
 
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

Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:37 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
0835 PM CDT WED JUNE 12 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0339 PM    ALEDO                   TX     1.00 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   PARKER

0423 PM    BEN BROOK LAKE          TX     58 MPH WINDS
06/12/96   TARRANT

0440 PM    ROANAOKE                TX     1.00 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   DENTON

0455 PM    GRAPEVINE               TX     1.50 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   TARRANT

0507 PM    6 N BURLESON            TX     60 MPH WINDS
06/12/96   TARRANT

0507 PM    6 W BURLESON            TX     60 MPH WINDS
06/12/96   JOHNSON

0530 PM    2 NW MUSTANG            TX     0.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   DENTON

0530 PM    FARMERS BRANCH          TX     60 MPH WINDS
06/12/96   DALLAS

0600 PM    POTTSBORO               TX     DOWNED POWER POLES
06/12/96   GRAYSON

0600 PM    POTTSBORO               TX     1.00 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   GRAYSON

0610 PM    PLANO                   TX     1.50 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   COLLIN

0610 PM    PLANO                   TX     WIND DAMAGE
06/12/96   COLLIN                         5" LIMBS DOWNED

0640 PM    3 W BONHAM LAKE         TX     60 MPH WINDS
06/12/96   FANNIN

0655 PM    BONHAM                  TX     0.88 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   FANNIN

0655 PM    4 N BONHAM              TX     60+ MPH WINDS
06/12/96   FANNIN

0715 PM    PAT MAYSE LAKE          TX     60+ MPH WINDS
06/12/96   LAMAR

0720 PM    1 W BROOKSTON           TX     80+ MPH WINDS
06/12/96   LAMAR                          ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME

0739 PM    ENLOE                   TX     70+ MPH WINDS
06/12/96   DELTA                          DOWNED TREES

0746 PM    PARIS                   TX     70+ MPH WINDS
06/12/96   LAMAR

0823 PM    AMHERST                 TX     TORNADO ON GROUND
06/12/96   LAMAR
Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:40 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED SPELLING ROANOKE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
839 PM CDT WED JUNE 12 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0339 PM    ALEDO                   TX     1.00 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   PARKER

0423 PM    BEN BROOK LAKE          TX     58 MPH WINDS
06/12/96   TARRANT

0440 PM    ROANOKE                 TX     1.00 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   DENTON

0455 PM    GRAPEVINE               TX     1.50 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   TARRANT

0507 PM    6 N BURLESON            TX     60 MPH WINDS
06/12/96   TARRANT

0507 PM    6 W BURLESON            TX     60 MPH WINDS
06/12/96   JOHNSON

0530 PM    2 NW MUSTANG            TX     0.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   DENTON

0530 PM    FARMERS BRANCH          TX     60 MPH WINDS
06/12/96   DALLAS

0600 PM    POTTSBORO               TX     DOWNED POWER POLES
06/12/96   GRAYSON

0600 PM    POTTSBORO               TX     1.00 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   GRAYSON

0610 PM    PLANO                   TX     1.50 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   COLLIN

0610 PM    PLANO                   TX     WIND DAMAGE
06/12/96   COLLIN                         5" LIMBS DOWNED

0640 PM    3 W BONHAM LAKE         TX     60 MPH WINDS
06/12/96   FANNIN

0655 PM    BONHAM                  TX     0.88 INCH HAIL
06/12/96   FANNIN

0655 PM    4 N BONHAM              TX     60+ MPH WINDS
06/12/96   FANNIN

0715 PM    PAT MAYSE LAKE          TX     60+ MPH WINDS
06/12/96   LAMAR

0720 PM    1 W BROOKSTON           TX     80+ MPH WINDS
06/12/96   LAMAR                          ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME

0739 PM    ENLOE                   TX     70+ MPH WINDS
06/12/96   DELTA                          DOWNED TREES

0746 PM    PARIS                   TX     70+ MPH WINDS
06/12/96   LAMAR

0823 PM    AMHERST                 TX     TORNADO ON GROUND
06/12/96   LAMAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta56 min
Jun 12, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar56 min
Jun 12, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar50 min
Jun 12, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins56 min
Jun 12, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta30 min
Jun 12, 9:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Lamar3 hr
Jun 12, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin66 min
Jun 12, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Lamar4 hr
Jun 13, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin35 min
Jun 13, 3:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Lamar3 hr
Jun 13, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis57 min
Jun 13, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas60 min
Jun 13, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell60 min
Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan45 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Throckmorton33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.