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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 6:39 PM CST | TORNADO | Poynor, TX | MOBILE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 5:38 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 6:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 30 min |
| Dec 29, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 45 min |
| Dec 29, 6:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 38 min |
| Dec 29, 6:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Navarro | 46 min |
| Dec 29, 6:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 24 min |
| Dec 29, 7:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 43 min |
| Dec 29, 7:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Dec 29, 7:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Navarro | 33 min |
| Dec 29, 7:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 23 min |
| Dec 29, 7:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 7:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson | 24 min |
| Dec 29, 7:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Robertson | 2 hr |
| Dec 29, 8:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 8:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 32 min |
| Dec 29, 8:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 25 min |
| Dec 29, 8:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 10:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.