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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 29, 2006Henderson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 29, 2006, 6:28 PM CST for Henderson County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 29, 2006, 6:28 PM CST (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Dec 29, 2006, 7:15 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henderson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 29, 6:39 PM CSTTORNADOPoynor, TXMOBILE HOME DAMAGED AND BLOWN OFF FOUNDATION.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 29, 5:38 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2006-12-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 73 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-12-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 330 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
73 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 300028
TORFWD
TXC213-300115-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0049.061230T0028Z-061230T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
628 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 623 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 17 MILES NORTH OF PALESTINE...MOVING NORTH AT 40
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  8 MILES WEST OF COFFEE CITY BY 635 PM CST
  BROWNSBORO BY 645 PM CST
  7 MILES WEST OF CHANDLER BY 650 PM CST

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.

EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM
CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3203 9580 3210 9543 3236 9547 3235 9568

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 300048
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
648 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006

TXC213-300115-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-061230T0115Z/
HENDERSON TX-
648 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR EASTERN HENDERSON
COUNTY...

AT 648 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES EAST OF 
ATHENS...OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANDLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 
MPH.

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT...OR ON THE LOWERST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME IN 
AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DO NOT LEAVE SHELTER TO USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AND CRUSHED BY TORNADO WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3203 9580 3210 9543 3236 9547 3235 9568

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 6:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker30 min
Dec 29, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDAnderson45 min
Dec 29, 6:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone38 min
Dec 29, 6:29 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Navarro46 min
Dec 29, 6:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt24 min
Dec 29, 7:02 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDAnderson43 min
Dec 29, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant2 hr
Dec 29, 7:17 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDNavarro33 min
Dec 29, 7:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon23 min
Dec 29, 7:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt3 hr
Dec 29, 7:36 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHenderson24 min
Dec 29, 7:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDRobertson2 hr
Dec 29, 8:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt3 hr
Dec 29, 8:13 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson32 min
Dec 29, 8:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon25 min
Dec 29, 8:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone3 hr
Dec 29, 10:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.