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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 31, 2004Freestone County, Limestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT for Freestone County, Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
May 31, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Freestone County, TX, Limestone County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2004-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 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 2004-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.3

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The text

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

859 
WFUS54 KFWD 010100
TORFTW
TXC161-293-010145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
759 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  EASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF MEXIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TEAGUE AROUND 810 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3177 9648 3164 9658 3137 9633 3154 9599

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone62 min
May 31, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDSomervell25 min
May 31, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLimestone27 min
May 31, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque49 min
May 31, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan47 min
May 31, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone60 min
May 31, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls45 min
May 31, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon53 min
May 31, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill43 min
May 31, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone65 min
May 31, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls26 min
May 31, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson59 min
May 31, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon49 min
May 31, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan46 min
May 31, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone62 min
May 31, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls52 min
May 31, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Robertson31 min
Jun 1, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell61 min
Jun 1, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam, Robertson52 min
Jun 1, 12:52 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDRobertson38 min
Jun 1, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche51 min
Jun 1, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath53 min
Jun 1, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche64 min
Jun 1, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills53 min
Jun 1, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath65 min
Jun 1, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton61 min
Jun 1, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto54 min
Jun 1, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood67 min
Jun 1, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker59 min
Jun 1, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack58 min
Jun 1, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton65 min
Jun 1, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell76 min
Jun 1, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Somervell59 min
Jun 1, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise42 min
Jun 1, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas56 min
Jun 1, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant53 min
Jun 1, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas55 min
Jun 1, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Wise65 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.