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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2008, 8:57 AM CDT for Henderson County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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
- May 2, 2008, 8:57 AM CDT (13:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Henderson County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KFWD 021357
TORFWD
TXC213-467-021445-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0039.080502T1357Z-080502T1445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
857 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 945 AM CDT
* AT 857 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES WAS 7 MILES WEST OF EDOM..MOVING EAST AT 22 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EDOM BY 910 AM CDT...
BROWNSBORO BY 915 AM CDT...
MOORE STATION BY 925 AM CDT...
CHANDLER BY 935 AM 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.
LAT...LON 3219 9601 3262 9562 3259 9557 3249 9558
3236 9544 3219 9546 3218 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 1357Z 286DEG 19KT 3239 9571
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KFWD 021411
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
909 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
TXC213-467-021445-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080502T1445Z/
VAN ZANDT TX-HENDERSON TX-
909 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTIES...
AT 909 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN THE EDOM AREA...MOVING EAST AT
22 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BROWNSBORO BY 915 AM CDT...
CHANDLER BY 935 AM CDT...
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. AS
A LAST RESORT...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
LAT...LON 3236 9578 3249 9558 3247 9556 3246 9556
3246 9555 3236 9544 3219 9546 3219 9571
TIME...MOT...LOC 1409Z 286DEG 19KT 3237 9564
$$000 WWUS54 KFWD 021434 SVSFWD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 932 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 TXC467-021442- /O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080502T1445Z/ VAN ZANDT TX- 932 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3219 9571 3235 9561 3236 9544 3219 9546 TIME...MOT...LOC 1432Z 286DEG 19KT 3234 9550 $$ TXC213-021445- /O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080502T1445Z/ HENDERSON TX- 932 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY... AT 932 AM CDT...DOPPLER CONTINUES TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN FAR NORTHEAST HENDERSON COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHANDLER...MOVING EAST AT 22 MPH. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 3219 9571 3235 9561 3236 9544 3219 9546 TIME...MOT...LOC 1432Z 286DEG 19KT 3234 9550 $$
000 WWUS54 KFWD 021442 SVSFWD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 942 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 TXC213-021452- /O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080502T1445Z/ HENDERSON TX- 942 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 945 AM CDT... AT 942 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA AND THE WARNING WILL EXPIRED. LAT...LON 3219 9571 3235 9561 3236 9544 3219 9546 TIME...MOT...LOC 1442Z 287DEG 27KT 3229 9539 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 25 min |
| May 2, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 29 min |
| May 2, 3:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 27 min |
| May 2, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rockwall | 25 min |
| May 2, 6:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rockwall | 33 min |
| May 2, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 31 min |
| May 2, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 29 min |
| May 2, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 53 min |
| May 2, 8:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 52 min |
| May 2, 8:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 30 min |
| May 2, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 25 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.