Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2011, 3:53 PM CST for Fannin County, Lamar County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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
- Mar 8, 2011, 3:53 PM CST (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2011, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fannin County, TX, Lamar County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 4:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Brookston, TX | |
| Mar 8, 4:15 PM CST | TORNADO | Brookston, TX | AT LEAST TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN SOUTHWEST OF BROOKSTON. AT LEAST ONE BARN WAS DAMAGED. TIME WAS BETWEEN 410 PM AND 415 PM. |
| Mar 8, 4:20 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 3 Nw Paris, TX | AT FM 2820 AND FM 79 |
| Mar 8, 4:24 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 2 W Paris, TX | |
| Mar 8, 4:30 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 1 E Paris, TX |
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 8, 1:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 466 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
902
WFUS54 KFWD 082153
TORFWD
TXC147-277-082245-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0001.110308T2153Z-110308T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
353 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CST
* AT 354 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR HONEY GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROXTON AROUND 415 PM CST...
TOCO AROUND 425 PM CST...
PARIS AROUND 435 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 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3377 9557 3363 9545 3351 9554 3354 9599
3368 9602
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 271DEG 26KT 3362 9590
$$
85/NH2 follow-up statements
447
WWUS54 KFWD 082210
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
410 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
TXC147-082218-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110308T2245Z/
FANNIN TX-
410 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FANNIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF FANNIN COUNTY AND THE TORNADO
WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3351 9554 3351 9568 3353 9585 3371 9585
3377 9557 3363 9545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 270DEG 31KT 3361 9575
$$
TXC277-082245-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110308T2245Z/
LAMAR TX-
410 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
LAMAR COUNTY...
AT 408 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ROXTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TOCO AROUND 420 PM CST...
PARIS AROUND 430 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3351 9554 3351 9568 3353 9585 3371 9585
3377 9557 3363 9545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 270DEG 31KT 3361 9575
$$
92110
WWUS54 KFWD 082229
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
429 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
TXC277-082245-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110308T2245Z/
LAMAR TX-
429 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
LAMAR COUNTY...
AT 427 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
RADAR INDICATED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND DAMAGE HAS
BEEN REPORTED WEST OF PARIS WITH THIS STORM THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FROM
A TORNADO.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SOUTH SIDE OF PARIS AT 430 PM CST
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM...CLOSET...OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR A
MATTRESS FOR PROTECTION.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3355 9563 3359 9573 3370 9572 3374 9555
3363 9545 3351 9554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 265DEG 31KT 3364 9556
$$
92The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 1:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 2:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 2:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 2:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 30 min |
| Mar 8, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 3:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 30 min |
| Mar 8, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 55 min |
| Mar 8, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 4:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 5:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 5:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hunt, Rockwall | 37 min |
| Mar 8, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 64 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.