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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 26, 2000Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2000, 8:02 PM CDT for Young County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2000, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Young County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3095 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 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3095 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
11.4

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The text

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

277 
WFUS54 KFWD 270107 COR
TORFTW
TXC503-270130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
802 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 802 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF       
  NEWCASTLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR NEWCASTLE AROUND 820 PM CDT

IF IN A MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3326 9894 3312 9894 3308 9855 3328 9854

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung67 min
May 26, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung30 min
May 26, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack63 min
May 26, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung58 min
May 26, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague, Wise60 min
May 26, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke65 min
May 26, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton59 min
May 26, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson66 min
May 27, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung64 min
May 27, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack65 min
May 27, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack40 min
May 27, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung45 min
May 27, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung32 min
May 27, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens57 min
May 27, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack62 min
May 27, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson59 min
May 27, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto59 min
May 27, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton51 min
May 27, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise60 min
May 27, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens25 min
May 27, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson56 min
May 27, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker65 min
May 27, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens60 min
May 27, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin43 min
May 27, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant50 min
May 27, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland53 min
May 27, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson67 min
May 27, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin57 min
May 27, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens63 min
May 27, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton42 min
May 27, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar41 min
May 27, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin32 min
May 27, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas33 min
May 27, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland58 min
May 27, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHunt37 min
May 27, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin30 min
May 27, 6:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin3 hr
May 27, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar65 min
May 27, 6:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland3 hr
May 27, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDelta26 min
May 27, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis52 min
May 27, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins66 min
May 27, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins36 min
May 27, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.