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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 25, 2005Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2005, 4:08 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 25, 2005, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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
Apr 25, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 2005-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 252108
TORFWD
TXC439-252145-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0002.050425T2108Z-050425T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
408 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR EVERMAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF PANTEGO BY 415 PM
  6 MILES SOUTH OF ARLINGTON BY 420 PM

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3274 9738 3256 9735 3256 9703 3274 9704

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood62 min
Apr 25, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker44 min
Apr 25, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant62 min
Apr 25, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson57 min
Apr 25, 4:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant3 hr
Apr 25, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson44 min
Apr 25, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas, Ellis34 min
Apr 25, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque65 min
Apr 25, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill67 min
Apr 25, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis49 min
Apr 25, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas30 min
Apr 25, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson45 min
Apr 25, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman65 min
Apr 25, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNavarro42 min
Apr 25, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis16 min
Apr 25, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin55 min
Apr 25, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro54 min
Apr 25, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson64 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.