Hello all,
I believe this is the tornado warning that was issued for Fort Worth
before the deadly storm hit:
154
WFUS54 KFWD 290012
TORFTW
TXC439-290045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
610 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 645 PM CST
* AT 610 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO CIRCULATION 5 MILES WEST OF
MEACHAM FIELD MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NORTH FORT WORTH...ESPECIALLY ALONG
NORTH LOOP 820 AREA FROM MEACHAM FIELD TO THE MID CITIES.
LAT...LON 3284 9750 3278 9750 3278 9724 3287 9723
And the Dallas News has excellent coverage of the storm:
http://www.dallasnews.com/
Somebody last week on one of the list asked when the NWS began issuing
warnings ect, on regular basis this snippet is from MSNBC, with an AP
copyright on the 1925 MURPHYSBORO, Ill. tornado:
The military led the effort during World War II, setting up spotter
networks around its bases in tornado-prone areas. The first tornado
forecast was issued by the Air Force at Tinker Air Force Base in 1948.
Government forecasters began issuing tornado watches and warnings in
1952, but radar did not appear on the scene until the late 1950s.
Since then, improved radar, a network of weather-warning radio
stations and reliance on media reports have helped increase the warning
time for approaching tornadoes from virtually nothing before World War
II to 12 minutes today.
The video capture (link below) is from http://www.weathertap.com , is
their copyrighted material and used w/ their permission. It is the
radial velocity after the tornado hit Fort Worth and as the weakening
storm was going thru the southern suburbs of Dallas.
http://www.onelist.com/attach/weatherpics/184/image=jpeg/eed4=0c=/38e3169d/01294a53/snapshot.jpg
And from my hometown...
We have a total of .09" of rain since Mon evening, but
thunder/lightning, hail or snow. There was the chance of pea size hail
Tue, but no thunderstorms passed thru our county.
To the south, along the Blue Ridge Mnts, on Skyline Drive, (3250' aprox)
rain had changed to snow & it was 32. There was no word on if any had
accumulated. The evening forecast confined 1-3" totals to the elevations
above 2500' , but radar loops suggested that a lot the precip was
winding down early this am.
Photo: looking towards the (brighter) northern horizon.
http://www.onelist.com/attach/weatherpics/185/image=jpeg/eed4=0c=/38e31713/2b62d33f/snapshot.jpg
compiled by:
Steve Minghini, Winchester (nw) VA
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