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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 12, 1996Milam County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 1996, 8:19 PM CDT for Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
Apr 12, 1996, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Milam County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 12, 8:20 PM CDTHail 1Burlington, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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 1996-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 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 1996-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -305 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-333 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 130119
TORFTW
TXC331-130200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
819 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...MILAM COUNTY
 
AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF YARRELTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF MILAM
COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMUNITIES OF YARRELTON, BURLINGTON, BEN
ARNOLD AND CLARKSTON TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis30 min
Apr 12, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro69 min
Apr 12, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone58 min
Apr 12, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins54 min
Apr 12, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt62 min
Apr 12, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan29 min
Apr 12, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson55 min
Apr 12, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam52 min
Apr 12, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone65 min
Apr 12, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone61 min
Apr 12, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLimestone36 min
Apr 12, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson48 min
Apr 12, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson48 min
Apr 12, 10:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDRobertson28 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.