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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 30, 2002Freestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2002, 1:44 PM CST for Freestone County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2002, 1:44 PM CST (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2002, 2:15 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Freestone County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 1:59 PM CSTTornado F0Teague, TXThis tornado is a continuation of the Personville tornado in Limestone county. It moved northeast into rural Freestone county for approximately one mile, downing some trees before dissipating.
Mar 30, 2:00 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 ETeague, TXCars were blown off roads by high winds.

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
Mar 30, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2002-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 2002-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

828 
WFUS54 KFWD 301944
TORFTW
TXC161-302015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
143 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM CST

* AT 143 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    
  A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TEAGUE...MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING         
  TORNADOES WITH DAMAGE

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TEAGUE AROUND 200 PM CST
  FAIRFIELD AROUND 215 PM CST

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT...OR ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME IN AN
INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS FOR COVER.

LAT...LON 3165 9640 3149 9629 3170 9586 3190 9608

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 10:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise47 min
Mar 29, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland55 min
Mar 29, 11:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack28 min
Mar 29, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack23 min
Mar 29, 11:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise25 min
Mar 29, 11:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto56 min
Mar 30, 12:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath55 min
Mar 30, 12:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker78 min
Mar 30, 1:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton43 min
Mar 30, 1:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant59 min
Mar 30, 2:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills58 min
Mar 30, 2:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson46 min
Mar 30, 2:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant52 min
Mar 30, 2:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas71 min
Mar 30, 2:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
Mar 30, 11:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam46 min
Mar 30, 12:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls56 min
Mar 30, 12:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan52 min
Mar 30, 1:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill41 min
Mar 30, 1:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone62 min
Mar 30, 1:18 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDLimestone42 min
Mar 30, 2:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson63 min
Mar 30, 2:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone41 min
Mar 30, 2:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche51 min
Mar 30, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon57 min
Mar 30, 3:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Hamilton63 min
Mar 30, 5:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson54 min
Mar 30, 5:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant52 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.