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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 5, 2003Stephens County, Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2003, 5:05 PM CST for Stephens County, Young County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2003, 5:05 PM CST (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2003, 5:45 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Stephens County, TX, Young County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 5, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2003-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 052305
TORFTW
TXC429-503-052345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
503 PM CST SAT APR 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  SOUTHERN YOUNG COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 503 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTHERN
  THROCKMORTON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
RURAL STEPHENS COUNTY AROUND 520 PM CST

IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3311 9927 3291 9933 3270 9858 3307 9856

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young45 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2003Every tornado warning in 2003Tornadoes in 2003

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.