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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 5, 2006Stephens County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2006, 9:56 PM CDT for Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 5, 2006, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2006, 10:28 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stephens County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 5, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 5, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 060256
TORFWD
TXC429-060345-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0013.060506T0256Z-060506T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
956 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES NORTH OF EASTLAND...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY AT 1010 PM

IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY 
WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3265 9893 3265 9887 3267 9879 3268 9872
      3269 9871 3270 9858 3253 9858 3252 9893
      3263 9895

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KFWD 060312
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1012 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

TXC429-060345-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060506T0345Z/
STEPHENS TX-
1012 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
STEPHENS COUNTY...

AT 1012 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF 
GUNSIGHT MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY AT 1030 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 500 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3265 9893 3265 9887 3267 9879 3268 9872
      3269 9871 3270 9858 3253 9858 3252 9893
      3263 9895

$$
07/BB

000 
WWUS54 KFWD 060328
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1027 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

TXC429-060337-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060506T0345Z/
STEPHENS TX-
1027 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 1027 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO
WARNING WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
TORNADO. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER WESTERN SECTIONS OF 
STEPHENS COUNTY AFTER 1045 PM AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS 
AND HAIL AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3265 9893 3265 9887 3267 9879 3268 9872
      3269 9871 3270 9858 3253 9858 3252 9893
      3263 9895

$$
07/BB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	58 min
May 5, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	65 min
May 5, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Eastland	42 min
May 5, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Eastland	47 min
May 5, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Eastland	47 min
May 5, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	65 min
May 5, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	60 min
May 5, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Mills	31 min
May 5, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Mills	46 min
May 5, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	52 min
May 5, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	62 min
May 5, 10:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Mills	28 min
May 5, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	54 min
May 5, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton	63 min
May 5, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	55 min
May 5, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mills	66 min
May 5, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	57 min
May 5, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	60 min
May 5, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	55 min
May 5, 11:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Coryell	39 min
May 6, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	56 min
May 6, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mills	64 min
May 6, 12:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Mills	3 hr
May 6, 12:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	McLennan	55 min
May 6, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	63 min
May 6, 12:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Coryell	46 min
May 6, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	64 min
May 6, 12:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell, McLennan	3 hr
May 6, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton, Lampasas	51 min
May 6, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	64 min
May 6, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone, McLennan	61 min
May 6, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Milam	66 min
May 6, 2:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls	2 hr
May 6, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	46 min
May 6, 2:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	2 hr
May 6, 2:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Milam	117 min
May 6, 2:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Robertson	2 hr
May 6, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam, Robertson	57 min
May 6, 3:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell, McLennan	2 hr
May 6, 3:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls	2 hr

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.