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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 6, 2001Bell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2001, 5:44 PM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 6, 2001, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2001, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bell County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2001-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1500 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 2001-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1500 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
11.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 062246
TORFTW
TXC027-062330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
544 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT...SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO 6
  MILES EAST OF HARKER HEIGHTS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELTON...HOLLAND...LITTLE   
RIVER-ACADEMY...NOLANVILLE...AND SALADO 

THIS TORNADO MAY BE OBSCURED BY RAIN. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE TORNADO
IS VISIBLE BEFORE TAKING COVER IT WILL BE TOO LATE. SEEK SHELTER NOW

HAIL TO BASEBALL SIZE IS ALSO LIKLEY

LAT...LON 3103 9775 3090 9760 3077 9732 3100 9723
          3115 9743

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 11:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant3 hr
May 6, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood44 min
May 6, 1:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin3 hr
May 6, 1:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
May 6, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell65 min
May 6, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas62 min
May 6, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBell45 min
May 6, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell40 min
May 6, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill66 min
May 6, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills51 min
May 6, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton47 min
May 6, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson44 min
May 6, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Milam45 min
May 6, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill55 min
May 6, 6:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
May 6, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas57 min
May 6, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon53 min
May 6, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant38 min
May 6, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin66 min
May 6, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton32 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.