Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:47 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Blossom, 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.
- 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
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 LAMARLocal 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 LAMARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Lamar | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Throckmorton | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.