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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 17, 2007Bell County, Coryell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2007, 6:09 PM CDT for Bell County, Coryell County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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
Jun 17, 2007, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bell County, TX, Coryell County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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
Jun 17, 6:26 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 Ssw Copperas Cove, TXFUNNEL CLOUD AT HIGHWAY 190 AND FM 2657
Jun 17, 6:30 PM CDTTORNADO1 Sw Copperas Cove, TXMODULAR HOMES DAMAGED SOUTHWEST EDGE OF TOWN...TIME ESTIMATED

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

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 251 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 172309
TORFWD
TXC027-099-172345-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0036.070617T2309Z-070617T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
609 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR COPPERAS COVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COPPERAS COVE BY 615 PM CDT...
  FORT HOOD BY 645 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 3113 9798 3101 9790 3116 9762 3131 9779

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 172330
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
630 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007

TXC027-099-172345-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070617T2345Z/
CORYELL TX-BELL TX-
630 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BELL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CORYELL COUNTIES...

AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF COPPERAS 
COVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT HOOD BY 645 PM CDT...

REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM COPPERAS COVE.

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 3113 9798 3101 9790 3116 9762 3131 9779

$$
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 172344
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
644 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007

TXC027-099-172355-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070617T2345Z/
CORYELL TX-BELL TX-
644 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BELL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
CORYELL COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT...

AT 644 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO
WARNING WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE 
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM...ESPECIALLY OVER CORYELL 
COUNTY NORTHEAST OF COPPERAS COVE...AND OVER FAR WESTERN BELL COUNTY 
NORTHWEST OF KILLEEN.

LAT...LON 3113 9798 3101 9790 3116 9762 3131 9779

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 5:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hill, McLennan4 hr
Jun 17, 9:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Jun 17, 9:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hill, McLennan4 hr
Jun 17, 10:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker3 hr
Jun 17, 1:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
Jun 17, 5:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLampasas3 hr
Jun 17, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath37 min
Jun 17, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche33 min
Jun 17, 6:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Erath3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.