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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2007, 6:03 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. 6 reports 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
- Apr 13, 2007, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 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), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 6:03 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Saginaw, TX | KIRCHER'S HOUSE IN SAGINAW. |
| Apr 13, 6:06 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Fort Worth, TX | NWS-WFO |
| Apr 13, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Saginaw, TX | HAIL FELL FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND DAMAGED CAR. |
| Apr 13, 6:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | North Richland Hills, TX | REPORTED BY NWS METEOROLOGIST. |
| Apr 13, 6:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Hurst, TX | AT NORTHEAST MALL IN HURST...MOST CARS HAVE DIMPLES ON TOPS WITH SOME CRACKED AND BROKEN WINDSHIELDS. |
| Apr 13, 6:29 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Arlington, TX | ON GRAND PRAIRIE- ARLINGTON BORDER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KFWD 132303
TORFWD
TXC439-132345-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0013.070413T2303Z-070413T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
603 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 603 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
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.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. AS
A LAST RESORT...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3289 9746 3272 9747 3262 9747 3255 9702
3289 9703
$$
DUNN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KFWD 132315
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
614 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007
TXC439-132345-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070413T2345Z/
TARRANT TX-
614 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY...
AT 614 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF RICHLAND HILLS OR
NEAR LOOP 820 EAST AND I-30...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH
RICHLAND HILLS...HURST...KELLER...BEDFORD...COLLEYVILLE...WESTLAKE...
SOUTHLAKE...EULESS AND GRAPEVINE
TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME IN AN INTERIOR CLOSET
OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS FOR COVER.
IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES, BASEBALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
LAT...LON 3298 9736 3276 9736 3266 9730 3270 9703
3299 9702
$$
92000
WWUS54 KFWD 132322
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
620 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007
TXC439-132345-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070413T2345Z/
TARRANT TX-
620 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY...
AT 620 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HURST...RICHLAND HILLS...AND
SOUTHERN HALTOM CITY...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED EXTREMELY LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BEDFORD...COLLEYVILLE...WESTLAKE...SOUTHLAKE...EULESS AND GRAPEVINE
TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME IN AN INTERIOR CLOSET OR
BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS FOR COVER.
THIS TORNADO MAY BE OBSCURED BY RAIN. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE TORNADO
IS VISIBLE BEFORE TAKING COVER IT WILL BE TOO LATE. SEEK SHELTER NOW
LAT...LON 3298 9723 3279 9727 3271 9721 3270 9703
3299 9702
$$
92The 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, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 56 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, 6:16 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.