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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 13, 2007Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2007, 4:49 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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 13, 2007, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2007, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Palo Pinto County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 13, 12:27 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 453 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 570 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 132148
TORFWD
TXC363-132245-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0011.070413T2149Z-070413T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
449 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR GRAFORD...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MINERAL WELLS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY AT 500 PM CDT

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 3289 9837 3279 9817 3286 9806 3300 9803
      3301 9823

$$

SCHULTZ

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KFWD 132155
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
454 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

TXC363-132245-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070413T2245Z/
PALO PINTO TX-
454 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY...

AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
GRAFORD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF MINERAL WELLS...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SALESVILLE BY 456 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEASTERN PALO PINTO 
COUNTY.  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINERAL WELLS. 

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.

LAT...LON 3290 9834 3275 9824 3286 9806 3300 9805
      3299 9822

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 13, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
337 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

.UPDATE...
HAVE SENT AN UPDATED ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT TO INCLUDE THE NEW PDS
/PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION/ TORNADO WATCH WITH INCLUDED THE
AREA EAST OF TORNADO WATCH 133 EAST TO BONHAM...TO CORSICANA...TO
MEXIA...TO TEMPLE. #58

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 310 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007/

DISCUSSION...
THE 20Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE WARM FRONT EXTENDED
FROM NORTH OF CISCO...STEPHENVILLE...HEARNE LINE...WHILE THE DRY
LINE EXTENDED EAST OF A SAN ANGELO AND ABILENE...TO JUST WEST OF
VERNON. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE LOWER 80S IN THE
SOUTHWESTERN ZONES IN THE WARM SECTOR. THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES IN ON THE INCREASE
ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING PERIOD.
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INCREASE MOST OF NORTH TEXAS TO
HIGH RISK OF SEVERE...AND A PDS TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE
ISSUED DURING THE NEXT HOUR

THE DRY LINE WILL MOVE EAST TO THE I-35 CORRIDOR 03-04Z. THE COLD
FRONT WILL OVERTAKE THE DRY LINE LATE THIS EVENING AND SWEEP
THROUGH THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
WILL END AT THAT POINT...BUT WE MAY SEE SO SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS
THE EAST INTO THE SATURDAY MORNING.

DRIER COOLER WEATHER WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY...WITH SOME PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING...MAINLY
ACROSS THE NORTH.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEMS AFFECTS THE AREA. #58

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  47  56  40  70  49 /  90  10  10   0   0
WACO, TX              51  59  37  72  48 /  60  10   0   0   0
PARIS, TX             48  53  35  66  46 / 100  20  10   0   0
DENTON, TX            46  56  36  69  46 /  90  10   0   0   0
MCKINNEY, TX          48  55  38  69  43 / 100  10  10   0   0
DALLAS, TX            49  56  40  68  49 / 100  10  10   0   0
TERRELL, TX           54  56  38  68  47 / 100  10  10   0   0
CORSICANA, TX         53  58  39  68  49 /  90  10  10   0   0
TEMPLE, TX            55  61  39  76  48 /  50  10   0   0   0

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

84/58

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
310 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-141000-
ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA-
DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-
HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS-
LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-
PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-
WISE-YOUNG-
310 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS ALMOST ALL
OF NORTH TEXAS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A DRY LINE AND A WARM FRONT THAT
WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA.  THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME DRAPED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING.
STRONG WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CHANGE DIRECTION WITH HEIGHT...
WHICH MEANS THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ROTATE AND
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND TORNADOES WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL
END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AS THE DRY
LINE AND COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
WINDY AND MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
SATURDAY...WHICH WILL LIKELY MAKE AREA LAKES VERY CHOPPY AND
EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS HAZARDOUS TO HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES.

PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING...NORTHWEST OF A
GOLDTHWAITE...MERIDIAN...EMORY LINE.

A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING NEXT WEEK...AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM AFFECTS
THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
333 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

TXZ129-132100-
EASTLAND TX-
333 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN EASTLAND COUNTY

AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF CISCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CISCO...EASTLAND AND RANGER.

HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THIS STORM.  THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES.  A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED SOON.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3226 9911 3250 9911 3251 9910 3251 9861
      3250 9860 3250 9848 3238 9868 3233 9873
      3225 9912

DUNN

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 3:51 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
351 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

TXZ101-116-132115-
JACK TX-PALO PINTO TX-
351 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  JACK COUNTY
  NORTHERN PALO PINTO COUNTY

AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 18 MILES EAST OF BRECKENRIDGE...APPROACHING
POSSUM KINGDOM STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRYSON...GRAFORD...JACKSBORO
AND POSSUM KINGDOM STATE PARK.

HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THIS STORM.

IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

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

LAT...LON 3294 9856 3294 9843 3295 9842 3320 9841
      3333 9828 3336 9824 3302 9793 3300 9806
      3296 9807 3274 9857

DUNN

Local storm report, Apr 13, 3:56 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
356 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0356 PM     HAIL             OLNEY                   33.36N  98.76W
04/13/2007  E0.88 INCH       YOUNG              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

Local storm report, Apr 13, 4:10 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
410 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BRECKENRIDGE            32.76N  98.91W
04/13/2007                   STEPHENS           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRECKENRIDGE PD REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN TOWN.

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 4:28 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
428 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

TXZ129-132200-
EASTLAND TX-
428 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN EASTLAND COUNTY

AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF CISCO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CISCO...EASTLAND AND RANGER.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3247 9903 3230 9897 3237 9854 3259 9861

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Local storm report, Apr 13, 4:34 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
434 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0432 PM     HAIL             BRAD                    32.75N  98.51W
04/13/2007  E1.00 INCH       PALO PINTO         TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens, Young	36 min
Apr 13, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	59 min
Apr 13, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	29 min
Apr 13, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	27 min
Apr 13, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	24 min
Apr 13, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	49 min
Apr 13, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	62 min
Apr 13, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	61 min
Apr 13, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	32 min
Apr 13, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	32 min
Apr 13, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Wise	75 min
Apr 13, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	41 min
Apr 13, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	32 min
Apr 13, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath	70 min
Apr 13, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mills	71 min
Apr 13, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	80 min
Apr 13, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Wise	32 min
Apr 13, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Somervell	73 min
Apr 13, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Tarrant	42 min
Apr 13, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton	74 min
Apr 13, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Dallas	55 min
Apr 13, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	66 min
Apr 13, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hamilton	34 min
Apr 13, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Rockwall	50 min
Apr 13, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.