Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 17, 2008, 6:04 PM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. 4 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
- Mar 17, 2008, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hunt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 6:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 S Greenville, TX | PENNY SIZE HAIL BETWEEN CASH AND GREENVILLE. |
| Mar 17, 6:19 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Greenville, TX | CASH FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH OF CASH. |
| Mar 17, 6:43 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Commerce, TX | HAMS REPORT FUNNEL CLOUD ON HIGHWAY 50 IN COMMERCE. |
| Mar 17, 6:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Commerce, TX | TREES DOWN ON HWY. 24 NORTHEAST OF COMMERCE. POSSIBLE TORNADIC DAMAGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 576 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 172303
TORFWD
TXC231-172345-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0002.080317T2304Z-080317T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
604 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HUNT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR QUINLAN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF
GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CADDO MILLS BY 610 PM CDT...
GREENVILLE BY 620 PM CDT...
CAMPBELL BY 625 PM CDT...
NEYLANDVILLE BY 630 PM CDT...
COMMERCE BY 635 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.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3299 9629 3303 9629 3339 9604 3340 9592
3341 9591 3341 9587 3313 9586 3300 9594
3285 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 210DEG 38KT 3297 9616
$$
DUNN3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KFWD 172311
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
611 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
TXC231-172345-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080317T2345Z/
HUNT TX-
611 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR HUNT
COUNTY...
AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR QUINLAN...OR ABOUT
10 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GREENVILLE BY 620 PM CDT...
NEYLANDVILLE AND CAMPBELL BY 630 PM CDT...
COMMERCE BY 640 PM CDT...
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
DO NOT STOP UNDER BRIDGES OR HIGHWAY OVERPASSES SINCE THEY OFFER NO
PROTECTION FROM TORNADO WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3299 9629 3303 9629 3339 9604 3340 9592
3341 9591 3341 9587 3313 9586 3300 9594
3285 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 210DEG 38KT 3302 9612
$$
DUNN000
WWUS54 KFWD 172329
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
628 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
TXC231-172345-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080317T2345Z/
HUNT TX-
628 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR HUNT
COUNTY...
AT 628 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
COMMERCE BY 640 PM CDT...
DO NOT STOP UNDER BRIDGES OR HIGHWAY OVERPASSES SINCE THEY OFFER NO
PROTECTION FROM TORNADO WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3299 9629 3303 9629 3339 9604 3340 9592
3341 9591 3341 9587 3313 9586 3300 9594
3285 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 210DEG 38KT 3317 9601
$$000
WWUS54 KFWD 172353
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
652 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
TXC231-180002-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080317T2345Z/
HUNT TX-
652 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HUNT COUNTY EXPIRED AT 645 PM CDT...
AT 652 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA AND THE WARNING EXPIRED.
A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HUNT
COUNTY AS WELL AS WESTERN DELTA AND LAMAR COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3299 9629 3303 9629 3339 9604 3340 9592
3341 9591 3341 9587 3313 9586 3300 9594
3285 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 210DEG 38KT 3318 9600
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 8:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 35 min |
| Mar 17, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 66 hr |
| Mar 17, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt | 23 min |
| Mar 17, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 49 min |
| Mar 17, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 25 min |
| Mar 17, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar | 52 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.