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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 13, 2007Hopkins County, Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2007, 7:57 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hopkins County, TX, Rains County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 13, 5:48 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2007-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -95 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 140058
TORFWD
TXC223-379-467-140200-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0021.070414T0057Z-070414T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  RAINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  NORTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 757 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING  
  AT LEAST ONE TORNADO WAS NEAR QUINLAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF  
  GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POINT AND GRAND SALINE BY 805 PM CDT...
  EMORY BY 810 PM CDT...
  CUMBY BY 820 PM CDT...
  SULPHUR SPRINGS BY 835 PM CDT...
  COMO BY 840 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.

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.

DO NOT STOP UNDER BRIDGES OR HIGHWAY OVERPASSES SINCE THEY OFFER NO
PROTECTION FROM TORNADO WINDS.

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

LAT...LON 3284 9604 3285 9596 3296 9594 3299 9586
      3319 9586 3336 9537 3336 9532 3297 9531
      3296 9566 3272 9564 3269 9560 3257 9560
      3256 9605

$$

DUNN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 140130
SVSFWD

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

TXC223-379-467-140200-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070414T0200Z/
HOPKINS TX-RAINS TX-VAN ZANDT TX-
828 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
VAN ZANDT...RAINS AND HOPKINS COUNTIES...

AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF POINT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE SEEN A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THIS AREA...NEAR 
HIGHWAY 69.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT 
LIMITED TO EMORY...CUMBY...SULPHUR SPRINGS...AND COMO.

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.

ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNED AREA...THE PUBLIC REPORTED POWER FLASHES 
NEAR POINT IN NORTHWESTERN RAINS COUNTY...INDICATIVE OF WIND DAMAGE. 
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE 
SEVERE STORMS SOUTH OF WHERE THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION WILL BE...
INCLUDING RAINS AND NORTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3284 9604 3285 9596 3296 9594 3299 9586
      3319 9586 3336 9537 3336 9532 3297 9531
      3296 9566 3272 9564 3269 9560 3257 9560
      3256 9605

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDKaufman44 min
Apr 13, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell62 min
Apr 13, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas17 min
Apr 13, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHunt66 min
Apr 13, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill35 min
Apr 13, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDRockwall15 min
Apr 13, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman43 min
Apr 13, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis, Navarro66 min
Apr 13, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan63 min
Apr 13, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell61 min
Apr 13, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHunt32 min
Apr 13, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone57 min
Apr 13, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFalls53 min
Apr 13, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson62 min
Apr 13, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Rains, Van Zandt46 min
Apr 13, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson65 min
Apr 13, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson34 min
Apr 13, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam66 min
Apr 13, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRobertson61 min
Apr 13, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon63 min
Apr 14, 2:19 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more16 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.