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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2011, 9:22 PM CDT for Comanche County, Eastland County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 24, 2011, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Comanche County, TX, Eastland County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 9:23 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD 0 | Sipe Springs, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1679 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
057 WFUS54 KFWD 250222 TORFWD TXC093-133-250300- /O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0022.110425T0222Z-110425T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 922 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTH CENTRAL EASTLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF DE LEON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DE LEON AROUND 1000 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3221 9852 3195 9834 3200 9888 3218 9894 TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 273DEG 22KT 3207 9883 $$
2 follow-up statements
180
WWUS54 KFWD 250231
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
931 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
TXC133-250241-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110425T0300Z/
EASTLAND TX-
931 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EASTLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3211 9888 3217 9875 3217 9873 3220 9869
3221 9852 3195 9834 3199 9876 3205 9888
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 273DEG 21KT 3211 9877
$$
TXC093-250300-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110425T0300Z/
COMANCHE TX-
931 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
COMANCHE COUNTY...
AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF DE
LEON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DE LEON AROUND 1000 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 65 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3211 9888 3217 9875 3217 9873 3220 9869
3221 9852 3195 9834 3199 9876 3205 9888
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 273DEG 21KT 3211 9877
$$732
WWUS54 KFWD 250247
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
947 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
TXC093-250300-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110425T0300Z/
COMANCHE TX-
947 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
COMANCHE COUNTY...
AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF DE
LEON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
WITH THIS STORM.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DE LEON AROUND 1000 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 65 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3217 9873 3219 9870 3221 9852 3195 9834
3199 9863 3205 9877 3210 9879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 278DEG 20KT 3208 9868
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Tarrant | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Delta, Fannin, Hunt, Lamar | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 9:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Lamar | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Parker | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hamilton | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Stephens, Young | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague, Wise | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 2:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 54 min |
| Apr 25, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 4:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 5:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Kaufman | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rains | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Hunt | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 11:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rockwall | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 12:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rains | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Hunt, Rains | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 1:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 52 min |
| Apr 25, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Johnson, Somervell | 48 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.