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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 3 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
- May 24, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:11 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 1 S Crandall, TX | JUST S OF CRANDALL BASEBALL HAIL |
| May 24, 10:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 W Kaufman, TX | |
| May 24, 10:24 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 1 N Kaufman, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| May 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 2867 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 602 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.2
- Supercell composite
- 44.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
731 WFUS54 KFWD 250230 TORFWD TXC231-257-379-397-467-250330- /O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0101.110525T0230Z-110525T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 930 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HUNT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... RAINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 929 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES 3 MILES SOUTH OF MCLENDON-CHISHOLM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS...IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TERRELL...POST OAK BEND CITY...KAUFMAN AND OAK GROVE AROUND 935 PM CDT... OAK RIDGE AROUND 940 PM CDT... QUINLAN AROUND 945 PM CDT... WEST TAWAKONI AROUND 1000 PM CDT... WILLS POINT...LAKE TAWAKONI STATE PARK AND EAST TAWAKONI AROUND 1005 PM CDT... THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 476 AND 527... I-30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 84... I-635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13. 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 3254 9653 3296 9652 3298 9567 3237 9561 TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 280DEG 30KT 3279 9634 $$ CAVANAUGH
2 follow-up statements
880 WWUS54 KFWD 250252 SVSFWD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 952 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 TXC231-257-379-397-467-250330- /O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110525T0330Z/ HUNT TX-KAUFMAN TX-RAINS TX-ROCKWALL TX-VAN ZANDT TX- 952 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR VAN ZANDT...SOUTHERN ROCKWALL...RAINS...KAUFMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN HUNT COUNTIES... AT 952 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NORTHEAST OF TERRELL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM...CLOSET...OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR A MATTRESS FOR PROTECTION. && LAT...LON 3237 9561 3254 9653 3290 9652 3298 9567 TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 280DEG 30KT 3280 9608 $$ DUNN
865
WWUS54 KFWD 250307
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1007 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
TXC231-397-250316-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110525T0330Z/
HUNT TX-ROCKWALL TX-
1007 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ROCKWALL AND SOUTHWESTERN HUNT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3237 9561 3254 9653 3281 9652 3281 9630
3284 9630 3284 9594 3287 9599 3291 9597
3291 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 277DEG 32KT 3262 9628
$$
TXC257-379-467-250330-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110525T0330Z/
KAUFMAN TX-RAINS TX-VAN ZANDT TX-
1007 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR VAN
ZANDT...SOUTHERN RAINS AND KAUFMAN COUNTIES...
AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND
LARGE HAIL TO PING PONG BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POST
OAK BEND CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
RIDGE...LAKE TAWAKONI STATE PARK...WILLS POINT...VAN...GRAND
SALINE...FRUITVALE...EMORY...EDOM...EDGEWOOD...EAST TAWAKONI AND
CANTON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM...CLOSET...OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR A
MATTRESS FOR PROTECTION.
&&
LAT...LON 3237 9561 3254 9653 3281 9652 3281 9630
3284 9630 3284 9594 3287 9599 3291 9597
3291 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 277DEG 32KT 3262 9628
$$
DUNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 38 min |
| May 24, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 49 min |
| May 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 42 min |
| May 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 46 min |
| May 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 41 min |
| May 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Grayson | 52 min |
| May 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 64 min |
| May 24, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 46 min |
| May 24, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin | 17 min |
| May 24, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall | 64 min |
| May 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 46 min |
| May 24, 8:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 56 min |
| May 24, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 51 min |
| May 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 67 min |
| May 24, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 58 min |
| May 24, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas | 33 min |
| May 24, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 24, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt | 53 min |
| May 24, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant | 57 min |
| May 24, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 66 min |
| May 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Rockwall | 61 min |
| May 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 49 min |
| May 24, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 61 min |
| May 24, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 60 min |
| May 24, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 53 min |
| May 24, 11:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 6 hr |
| May 24, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas, Mills | 56 min |
| May 24, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 61 min |
| May 24, 11:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 29 min |
| May 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, McLennan | 62 min |
| May 24, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 15 min |
| May 24, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 59 min |
| May 25, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 18 min |
| May 25, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 26 min |
| May 25, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Limestone | 27 min |
| May 25, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 59 min |
| May 25, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 32 min |
| May 25, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 29 min |
| May 25, 6:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 25 hr |
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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.