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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT for Freestone County, Limestone County, Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. 8 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
- Apr 25, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Freestone County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Navarro County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 25, 6:59 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Wortham, TX | TORNADO SPOTTED ON GROUND 1W OF WORTHAM. |
| Apr 25, 7:03 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W Wortham, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FELL 1W OF WORTHAM. |
| Apr 25, 7:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Kirvin, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORT KIRVIN. |
| Apr 25, 7:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Fairfield, TX | BRIEF ROPE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2 TO 3 MILES SW OF FAIRFIELD. |
| Apr 25, 7:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Fairfield, TX | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN FAIRFIELD. |
| Apr 25, 7:31 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Fairfield, TX | UP TO TENNISBALL SIZE HAIL IN FAIRFIELD. |
| Apr 25, 7:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Sw Fairfield, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED 2 MILES SW OF FAIRFIELD. |
| Apr 25, 7:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Fairfield, TX | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND 3W OF FAIRFIELD. |
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 25, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 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
- 2645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.1
- Supercell composite
- 21.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
142
WFUS54 KFWD 252359
TORFWD
TXC161-293-349-260045-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0034.110425T2359Z-110426T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
659 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTH CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 658 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF TEHUACANA...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH. SPOTTERS CONFIRMED A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN 2 MILES NORTHEAST
OF COOLIDGE AT 655 PM CDT.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KIRVIN AND STREETMAN AROUND 715 PM CDT...
FAIRFIELD AROUND 730 PM CDT...
FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK AROUND 740 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 195 AND 217.
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 CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3193 9606 3177 9596 3166 9610 3173 9659
3192 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 276DEG 33KT 3181 9650
$$
85/NH1 follow-up statement
990
WWUS54 KFWD 260015
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
715 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
TXC293-349-260025-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110426T0045Z/
NAVARRO TX-LIMESTONE TX-
715 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIMESTONE AND SOUTH CENTRAL
NAVARRO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 213 AND 218.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3166 9610 3171 9644 3184 9642 3193 9625
3193 9606 3177 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 281DEG 33KT 3174 9630
$$
TXC161-260045-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110426T0045Z/
FREESTONE TX-
715 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
FREESTONE COUNTY...
AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE OR
MORE TORNADOS. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KIRVIN...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FAIRFIELD AROUND 730 PM CDT...
FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK AROUND 735 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 195 AND 212.
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 CDT.
&&
LAT...LON 3166 9610 3171 9644 3184 9642 3193 9625
3193 9606 3177 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 281DEG 33KT 3174 9630
$$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, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 38 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 |
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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.