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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 30, 2000Jack County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2000, 7:56 PM CDT for Jack County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 2 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, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Jack County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 30, 8:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EJacksboro, TXNumerous large trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.
Apr 30, 8:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EJacksboro, TXNumerous large trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.

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, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2000-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2110 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 2000-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 307 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
2110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.9
Supercell composite
30.2

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The text

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

917 
WFUS54 KFWD 010056
TORFTW
TXC237-010200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BRYSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JACKSBORO

LAT...LON 3321 9840 3302 9840 3303 9794 3343 9795

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack55 min
Apr 30, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung30 min
Apr 30, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens67 min
Apr 30, 7:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack, Young3 hr
Apr 30, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung44 min
Apr 30, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland67 min
Apr 30, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens64 min
Apr 30, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague60 min
Apr 30, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto53 min
Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland61 min
Apr 30, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise53 min
Apr 30, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke51 min
Apr 30, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath67 min
Apr 30, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCrane4 hr
Apr 30, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant53 min
Apr 30, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Denton, Parker, Tarrant2 hr
Apr 30, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell45 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.