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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 4, 2004Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 2004, 1:19 PM CST for Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
Mar 4, 2004, 1:19 PM CST (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2004, 2:00 PM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Palo Pinto County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 4, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2004-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 696 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 2004-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 327 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
696 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

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

069 
WFUS54 KFWD 041919
TORFTW
TXC363-042000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
119 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 119 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
  TORNADOES WAS 16 MILES SOUTH OF METCALF GAP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  METCALF GAP AROUND 125 PM CST
  PALO PINTO AROUND 135 PM CST
  MINERAL WELLS AROUND 145 PM CST
  SALESVILLE AROUND 150 PM CST

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

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT...OR ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME IN AN
INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS FOR COVER.

LAT...LON 3288 9840 3299 9829 3299 9807 3268 9806
          3252 9823 3251 9859

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 12:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland62 min
Mar 4, 12:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens58 min
Mar 4, 12:39 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDStephens51 min
Mar 4, 12:47 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDEastland43 min
Mar 4, 12:57 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDYoung48 min
Mar 4, 12:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Mills62 min
Mar 4, 1:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath67 min
Mar 4, 1:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto65 min
Mar 4, 1:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton55 min
Mar 4, 1:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack64 min
Mar 4, 1:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker54 min
Mar 4, 1:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hood, Somervell64 min
Mar 4, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague, Wise63 min
Mar 4, 2:02 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDParker33 min
Mar 4, 2:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell, McLennan56 min
Mar 4, 2:14 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDWise46 min
Mar 4, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson59 min
Mar 4, 2:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant54 min
Mar 4, 2:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Hill63 min
Mar 4, 2:33 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDDenton42 min
Mar 4, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis55 min
Mar 4, 2:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas53 min
Mar 4, 2:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls, McLennan, Milam62 min
Mar 4, 3:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Grayson59 min
Mar 4, 3:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, Navarro64 min
Mar 4, 3:19 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDEllis41 min
Mar 4, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Rockwall64 min
Mar 4, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt46 min
Mar 4, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson61 min
Mar 4, 3:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam, Robertson54 min
Mar 4, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt49 min
Mar 4, 4:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Leon65 min
Mar 4, 4:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar49 min
Mar 4, 4:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone17 min
Mar 4, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Leon55 min
Mar 4, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson18 min
Mar 4, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson20 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.