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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 7, 2002Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2002, 4:20 PM CDT for Young County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report 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: Apr 7, 2002, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Young County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 7, 5:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 69 E	Olney, TX	Extensive roof, tree, and power line damage.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 7, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 265 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 553 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.

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 072120
TORFTW
TXC503-072215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
418 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLNEY...MOVING         
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OLNEY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM

THIS STORM PRODUCED A LARGE TORNADO IN THROCKMORTON COUNTY

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 3322 9933 3309 9917 3322 9851 3342 9863

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 1:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	3 hr
Apr 7, 3:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Apr 7, 3:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton, Grayson	3 hr
Apr 7, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	58 min
Apr 7, 4:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	2 hr
Apr 7, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	46 min
Apr 7, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	59 min
Apr 7, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	60 min
Apr 7, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jack	43 min
Apr 7, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	67 min
Apr 7, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	51 min
Apr 7, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	57 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.