If any of the members have any eye witness reports, please forward them
on to me, I know we have members in that area.
I have placed online what radar images I had and some links here (one
nice loop)
http://www.weatherwatchers.org/2000/0328/
Steve Minghini wrote:
>
> 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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