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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 20, 2010Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 20, 2010, 6:29 PM CST for Hopkins County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. 5 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: Jan 20, 2010, 6:29 PM CST (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Jan 20, 2010, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Hopkins County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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
Jan 20, 6:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Sulphur Springs, TX	POWER POLES AND TREES DAMAGE AT INTERSECTION OF SH 154/HWY 19 PER ASST EM NORTH SIDE OF CITY.
Jan 20, 6:32 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Sulphur Springs, TX	NORTH SIDE OF CITY. ROOF CAVED IN, TRUCK OVERTURNED, AND DEBRIS IN ROAD ON ERWIN ST BETWQEEN DREXEL AND HINES STREETS.
Jan 20, 6:35 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Sulphur Springs, TX	POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN IN WRIGHT SUBDIVSION ON SE SIDE OF TOWN. PER CITY EM.
Jan 20, 6:35 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Sulphur Springs, TX	TREES DOWN ON FM1870, CHIMNEY CAVED IN, AND TRAMPOLINE BLOWN INTO POWERLINES IN SUBDIVISION.
Jan 20, 7:05 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Sulphur Springs, TX	TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS OVERTURNED ON I-30 AT MILE MARKER 131.

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 20, 3:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

936 
WFUS54 KFWD 210029
TORFWD
TXC223-210115-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0002.100121T0029Z-100121T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
629 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 629 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SULPHUR SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COMO AND COOPER LAKE PARK SOUTH SULPHUR BY 645 PM CST...
  TIRA BY 705 PM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM...CLOSET...OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR A
MATTRESS FOR PROTECTION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3307 9531 3303 9563 3331 9567 3333 9562
      3337 9540 3336 9532
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 240DEG 12KT 3312 9559

$$


85/NH

2 follow-up statements

379 
WWUS54 KFWD 210046
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
646 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

TXC223-210115-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100121T0115Z/
HOPKINS TX-
646 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR EASTERN
HOPKINS COUNTY...

AT 646 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
COMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY AT 700 PM CST
  RURAL EASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY AT 710 PM CST

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 1000 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3305 9552 3326 9559 3333 9548 3337 9540
      3336 9532 3307 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 240DEG 12KT 3316 9550

$$

076 
WWUS54 KFWD 210111
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
711 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

TXC223-210120-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100121T0115Z/
HOPKINS TX-
711 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 PM
CST...

AT 710 PM CST THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO
WARNING WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. 
THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CST.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE 
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SALTILLO AND FAIRVIEW IN THE 
EXTREME EASTERN PART OF HOPKINS COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3305 9552 3326 9559 3333 9548 3337 9540
      3336 9532 3307 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 240DEG 12KT 3320 9542

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jan 20, 5:15 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 5:15 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
515 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

.AVIATION...
WV SAT LOOP SHOWING SIGNIFICANT DRY PUNCH ACROSS WEST TEXAS IN
ASSOCIATION WITH STRONG POSITION-TILTED SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING
EAST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. CURRENT TSRA ACTIVITY HAS
SHIFTED EAST THROUGH NORTHEAST OF THE METROPLEX TAF SITES...THUS
WILL NOT CARRY ANY CONVECTION REST OF THE EVENING. CONTINUED DRY
FOR KACT. CURRENT MVFR CIGS AT A FEW SITES SHOULD GO VFR ABOVE
5000FT AROUND TAF RELEASE TIME...HOWEVER...KDAL MAY HOLD ON ONE HOUR
LONGER. AS THE DRYLINE PUSHES THROUGH THE I-35 CORRIDOR 00-01Z...WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO GO WESTERLY AND WILL INCREASE IN SPEED 15-19KT FOR
THE REST OF THE TAF CYCLE. GUSTS UP TO 25KT POSSIBLE 02-07Z.

75

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 220 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010/
MOSTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST SKIES HAVE SLOWED HEATING TODAY AND
TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ARE STILL IN THE MID 60S TO NEAR 70
DEGREES. HOWEVER...CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO CLEAR ACROSS CENTRAL
TEXAS AND WILL LIKELY SEE CLEARING SKIES ACROSS THE WESTERN
COUNTIES BY 3 PM. DRYLINE IS SHAPING UP NICELY ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS /FROM APPROXIMATELY WICHITA FALLS TO SAN ANGELO/ AND
WILL BE ADVANCING EAST THIS EVENING. 18Z FWD SOUNDING INDICATES AN
UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT ALREADY IN PLACE WITH SBCAPE OF 1900 J/KG AND
STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES BETWEEN 800-500 MB. THE UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH IS NOW ORIENTED FROM COLORADO INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND
LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION BY THE LATE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS.

CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS
AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. THE BEST INSTABILITY STILL IS EAST OF INTERSTATE 35
BUT THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR IS
INCREASING /IN THE VICINITY OF OR AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE WHERE
CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO CLEAR OUT/. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...BUT AN ISOLATED
TORNADO OR TWO MAY OCCUR ACROSS EAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE RAIN
CHANCES AND SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT AS
THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SWINGS ACROSS THE REGION...THE SURFACE
LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND DRY AIR INVADES FROM THE
WEST. WILL KEEP SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES IN THE NORTHEAST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY REMAINING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY CLEARING
THE AREA.

THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT/IMPACT OF CONCERN CONTINUES TO
BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS THE NEXT POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM
APPROACHES. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOW...PRESENTING A POTENTIAL FIRE
WEATHER THREAT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN ON SATURDAY WHEN THE
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ARRIVES STILL LOOKS TO BE EAST OF INTERSTATE
35 AND WILL INCLUDE ISOLATED THUNDER BASED ON MODEL SOUNDINGS.
OTHERWISE...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY
NEXT WEEK WHEN A COLD FRONT ARRIVES AND HELPS TO COOL TEMPS BACK
TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES.      82/JLD

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  44  68  43  71  51 /  40   5   0   5  20
WACO, TX              45  71  43  72  54 /  40   5   0   5  20
PARIS, TX             47  62  40  68  51 /  80  10   0   5  20
DENTON, TX            42  67  43  70  49 /  40   5   0   5  20
MCKINNEY, TX          44  66  42  69  50 /  50   5   0   5  20
DALLAS, TX            48  68  43  70  53 /  40   5   0   5  20
TERRELL, TX           48  67  44  71  53 /  50   5   0   5  20
CORSICANA, TX         47  70  44  73  54 /  40   5   0   5  20
TEMPLE, TX            47  73  44  73  55 /  30   5   0   5  20

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

75/

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 4:05 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
405 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-211200-
ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA-
DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-
HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS-
LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-
PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-
WISE-YOUNG-
405 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT ALONG AND
EAST OF A BOWIE...GRANBURY...WACO...HEARNE LINE.

A SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK EAST NEAR THE IMMEDIATE RED RIVER VALLEY
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS MAY ALLOW FOR A
BRIEF TORNADO THREAT LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST PARTS OF
NORTH TEXAS. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD WANE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

AN ELEVATED GRASS FIRE DANGER CAN BE EXPECTED WEST OF I-35 BOTH
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS...AS GUSTY SOUTH AND WEST WINDS 15
TO 20 MPH COMBINE WITH LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY BY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 20, 5:46 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
546 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0543 PM     HAIL             GRAND SALINE            32.67N  95.72W
01/20/2010  E1.00 INCH       VAN ZANDT          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 INCH HAIL AT 125 E FRANK, GRAND SALINE, TX. COVERING
            GROUND DOWNTOWN, VERY STRONG WINDS

Special weather statement, Jan 20, 5:51 PM CST, 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
551 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

TXZ135-148-210015-
HENDERSON TX-ANDERSON TX-
551 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY
  SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY

AT 551 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ATHENS.

NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3188 9596 3200 9606 3201 9604 3203 9606
      3206 9606 3228 9576 3211 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 231DEG 21KT 3201 9594

Local storm report, Jan 20, 6:15 PM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
615 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0536 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 S GRAND SALINE        32.57N  95.72W
01/20/2010                   VAN ZANDT          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED AT 110 AND FM 1255. TREES
            AND POWER LINES DOWN. POSSIBLE HOUSE DAMAGE TOO.

Special weather statement, Jan 20, 6:15 PM CST, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
615 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

TXZ135-210045-
HENDERSON TX-
615 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY

AT 615 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BERRYVILLE AND COFFEE CITY.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3204 9583 3216 9585 3231 9545 3227 9545
      3224 9547 3220 9546 3218 9546 3215 9547
      3209 9543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 255DEG 23KT 3208 9573

Local storm report, Jan 20, 6:19 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
619 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0555 PM     HAIL             CROSSROADS              32.05N  95.97W
01/20/2010  E1.00 INCH       HENDERSON          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER HAIL IN CROSSROADS.

Local storm report, Jan 20, 6:24 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
624 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     HAIL             TIGERTOWN               33.72N  95.80W
01/20/2010  E1.00 INCH       LAMAR              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            IN TIGERTOWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 20, 6:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	30 min
Jan 20, 6:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	35 min
Jan 20, 6:33 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	27 min
Jan 20, 6:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Henderson	38 min
Jan 20, 6:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	40 min
Jan 20, 7:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hopkins	29 min
Jan 20, 10:05 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	11 hr
Jan 20, 10:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	24 min

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.