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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 5, 2003Palo Pinto County, Parker County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2003, 6:29 PM CST for Palo Pinto County, Parker County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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, 6:29 PM CST (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2003, 7:30 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2003-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 640 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 2003-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

537 
WFUS54 KFWD 060029
TORFTW
TXC363-367-060130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  WESTERN PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 627 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 18
  MILES WEST OF MINERAL WELLS OR 3 MILES EAST OF POSSUM KINGDOM
  LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MINERAL WELLS AROUND 650 PM CST
  WEATHERFORD AROUND 715 PM CST

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

DO NOT LEAVE SHELTER TO USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AND CRUSHED BY TORNADO WINDS.

LAT...LON 3298 9845 3280 9847 3270 9772 3297 9770

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young56 min
Apr 5, 6:52 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDParker, Tarrant53 min
Apr 5, 7:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant4 hr
Apr 5, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack50 min
Apr 5, 7:44 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDParker, Tarrant61 min
Apr 5, 8:09 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant51 min
Apr 5, 8:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
Apr 5, 8:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise55 min
Apr 5, 8:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin59 min
Apr 5, 8:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Rockwall46 min
Apr 5, 9:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant, Wise54 min
Apr 5, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague65 min
Apr 5, 9:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt58 min
Apr 5, 9:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Rockwall63 min
Apr 5, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton47 min
Apr 5, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Montague93 min
Apr 5, 10:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt62 min
Apr 5, 10:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins55 min
Apr 5, 10:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin64 min
Apr 5, 11:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson65 min
Apr 5, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins63 min
Apr 5, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt60 min
Apr 6, 12:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson60 min
Apr 6, 12:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins56 min
Apr 6, 1:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin46 min
Apr 6, 1:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar59 min
Apr 6, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague62 min
Apr 6, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin64 min
Apr 6, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson47 min
Apr 6, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar39 min
Apr 6, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Rains57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.