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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 18, 2007Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2007, 4:40 AM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
Jun 18, 2007, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2007, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Denton County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2007-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 860 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
860 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 180940
TORFWD
TXC121-181030-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0039.070618T0940Z-070618T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
440 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 440 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SANGER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RAY ROBERTS PARK JOHNSON BRANCH BY 455 AM CDT...
  RAY ROBERTS PARK ISLE DU BOIS BY 500 AM CDT...
  AUBREY AND KRUGERVILLE BY 510 AM CDT...
  PILOT POINT BY 515 AM 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 3343 9722 3331 9722 3324 9684 3342 9684

$$

07/BB
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 181007
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
507 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

TXC121-181030-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070618T1030Z/
DENTON TX-
507 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DENTON COUNTY...

AT 507 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RAY ROBERTS PARK
ISLE DU BOIS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF SANGER...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PILOT POINT AND AUBREY BY 525 AM 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 3343 9716 3333 9714 3324 9684 3342 9684

$$

07/BB
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 181029
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
530 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

TXC121-181038-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070618T1030Z/
DENTON TX-
530 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DENTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 530
AM CDT...

AT 530 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA AND THE WARNING EXPIRED.

LAT...LON 3343 9716 3333 9714 3324 9684 3342 9684

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche39 min
Jun 17, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas32 min
Jun 17, 11:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant36 min
Jun 17, 11:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
Jun 18, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant43 min
Jun 18, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
Jun 18, 1:28 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDDenton47 min
Jun 18, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant25 min
Jun 18, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant21 min
Jun 18, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton65 min
Jun 18, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin3 hr
Jun 18, 2:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson3 hr
Jun 18, 2:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke3 hr
Jun 18, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson61 min
Jun 18, 3:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton4 hr
Jun 18, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton80 min
Jun 18, 3:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke34 min
Jun 18, 4:01 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke44 min
Jun 18, 4:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson67 min
Jun 18, 5:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson4 hr
Jun 18, 6:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke27 min
Jun 18, 6:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke67 min
Jun 18, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson30 min
Jun 18, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton, Grayson66 min
Jun 18, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague34 min
Jun 18, 7:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin3 hr
Jun 18, 7:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin33 min
Jun 18, 8:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin26 min
Jun 18, 9:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson3 hr
Jun 18, 9:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Hunt3 hr
Jun 18, 11:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins, Rains3 hr
Jun 18, 11:56 AM CDTFlood WatchFWDCollin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 3 more4 hr
Jun 18, 1:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin3 hr
Jun 18, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson28 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.