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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:26 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Ssw Copperas Cove, TX | FUNNEL CLOUD AT HIGHWAY 190 AND FM 2657 |
| Jun 17, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Copperas Cove, TX | MODULAR 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, McLennan | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, McLennan | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 6:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 3 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.