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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2003, 6:52 PM CST for Parker County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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, 6:52 PM CST (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2003, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Parker County, TX, Tarrant County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 5, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 40 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KFWD 060052 TORFTW TXC367-439-060145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 653 PM CST SAT APR 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 745 PM CST * AT 649 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS 17 MILES WEST OF SPRINGTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL ENTER WESTERN SECTIONS OF TARRANT COUNTY AFTER 715 PM CST. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... AZLE...PELICAN BAY AROUND 725 PM CST EAGLE MOUNTAIN AROUND 735 PM CST SAGINAW AROUND 740 PM CST BLUE MOUND AROUND 745 PM CST * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HALTOM CITY...HASLET... KELLER...LAKE WORTH...LAKESIDE...NORTH RICHLAND HILLS...PECAN ACRES AND RENO THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. 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 9805 3279 9805 3277 9722 3297 9720 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 5, 4:43 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 4:43 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 440 CST SAT APR 5 2003 PUBLIC DISCUSSION... ZONES UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH. 59 THE 21Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THE WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABILENE...TO DFW...TO TYLER LINE... WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S IN THE WARM SECTOR...AND IN THE 40S AND 50S IN THE COLD SECTOR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ALONG THE WARM FRONT NORTH OF ABILENE. SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK FOR TONIGHT....AND A CHANCE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF ON SUNDAY. THE RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AS THE DRY LINE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. #58 FCSTID = 58 DFW 60 80 49 71 / 50 40 0 0 ACT 63 81 51 75 / 30 30 0 0 PRX 63 77 48 70 / 60 70 0 0 DTO 59 79 46 70 / 60 40 0 0 TKI 61 79 48 71 / 60 50 0 0 DAL 61 80 50 72 / 60 40 0 0 TRL 63 80 51 73 / 50 50 0 0 CRS 64 80 52 74 / 30 50 0 0 TPL 63 82 52 76 / 20 30 0 0 .FWD...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 3:40 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED SPOTTER ACTIVATION INFO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 340 PM CST SAT APR 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-20 AND WEST OF I-35. THIS INCLUDES EASTLAND...BOWIE... SHERMAN...PARIS...GREENVILLE...AND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX. THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. HOWEVER...THE CURRENT LOW-LEVEL VERTICAL WIND PROFILES CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY...PRIMARILY EAST OF I-35. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY WEST OF A NOCONA...WEATHERFORD... CISCO LINE AFTER 5 PM. ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED WEST OF A SHERMAN...DALLAS...KILLEEN LINE AFTER 8 PM. SPOTTERS EAST OF I-35 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION AFTER MIDNIGHT. ROBBINS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 5, 6:33 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
633 PM CST SAT APR 05 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0614 PM 6 W GRAFORD TX 4.5 INCH HAIL
04/05/03 PALO PINTO REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. WINDOWS BROKEN
AND HAIL DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES.
0618 PM 5 N GRAFORD TX 79 MPH TSTM GUST
04/05/03 PALO PINTO STORM SPOTTER MEASURED
79 MPH WIND GUST.
0620 PM 6 N GRAFORD TX TORNADO
04/05/03 PALO PINTO STORM CHASER REPORTED
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN JUST
EAST OF POSSUMM KINGDOM
LAKE.
BUNTINGLocal storm report, Apr 5, 6:50 PM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
650 PM CST SAT APR 05 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM 3 N ELIASVILLE TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
04/05/03 YOUNG REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
BUNTINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 6:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 7:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 7:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 8:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 8:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 8:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Rockwall | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 9:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant, Wise | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 9:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 93 min |
| Apr 5, 10:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 10:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 11:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 60 min |
| Apr 6, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 60 min |
| Apr 6, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 56 min |
| Apr 6, 1:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 1:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 59 min |
| Apr 6, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 62 min |
| Apr 6, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 64 min |
| Apr 6, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains | 57 min |
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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.