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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 30, 2000Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2000, 5:16 PM CDT for Young County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2000, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Young County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDTHail 2.5Olney, TX
Apr 30, 5:40 PM CDTTornado F0Olney, TXA brief tornado touched down on the west side of Olney. No damage or injuries were reported.
Apr 30, 5:40 PM CDTTornado F3Olney, TXA large tornado was reported from near the county line (between Elbert and Padgett) to east of Olney. A 100 year old home was completely destroyed one mile south of the Olney Airport. A total of three homes and two motor homes were destroyed. Damage was report
Apr 30, 5:53 PM CDTHail 1Olney, TX
Apr 30, 5:57 PM CDTHail 1.5Olney, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 511 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
511 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 302216
TORFTW
TXC503-302300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
516 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  YOUNG COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH AN INTENSE CIRCULATION 14 MILES
  WEST-SOUTHWEST OF OLNEY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OLNEY

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR GHANDS.

LAT...LON 3338 9894 3316 9894 3321 9875 3336 9853
          3340 9863

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Young54 min
Apr 30, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker44 min
Apr 30, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant65 min
Apr 30, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung47 min
Apr 30, 6:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto55 min
Apr 30, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack40 min
Apr 30, 7:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack47 min
Apr 30, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise62 min
Apr 30, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague66 min
Apr 30, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung38 min
Apr 30, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung48 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.