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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 23, 2004Milam County, Robertson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2004, 11:53 AM CST for Milam County, Robertson County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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
Nov 23, 2004, 11:53 AM CST (17:53 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2004, 12:45 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Milam County, TX, Robertson County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 23, 8:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2004-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 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 12:00Z on 2004-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 231753
TORFWD
TXC331-395-231845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1153 AM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST

* AT 1153 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALVERT...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CALVERT AROUND 1205 PM CST
  FRANKLIN AROUND 1230 PM CST

LAT...LON 3097 9689 3081 9679 3101 9628 3119 9639

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 6:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls50 min
Nov 23, 7:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, Navarro55 min
Nov 23, 7:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague54 min
Nov 23, 7:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone49 min
Nov 23, 8:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell49 min
Nov 23, 8:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro44 min
Nov 23, 8:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson49 min
Nov 23, 9:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, McLennan44 min
Nov 23, 9:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill42 min
Nov 23, 9:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt52 min
Nov 23, 10:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, McLennan30 min
Nov 23, 10:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam53 min
Nov 23, 10:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar23 min
Nov 23, 10:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Navarro41 min
Nov 23, 11:04 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, McLennan3 hr
Nov 23, 11:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam47 min
Nov 23, 11:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro50 min
Nov 23, 11:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson59 min
Nov 23, 11:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar28 min
Nov 23, 12:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis64 min
Nov 23, 12:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta47 min
Nov 23, 12:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Robertson65 min
Nov 23, 12:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Robertson63 min
Nov 23, 12:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant39 min
Nov 23, 1:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton65 min
Nov 23, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche63 min
Nov 23, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland64 min
Nov 23, 4:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell47 min
Nov 23, 5:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath57 min
Nov 23, 5:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton42 min
Nov 23, 5:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, McLennan39 min
Nov 23, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque51 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.