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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 4:41 PM CDT for Henderson County, Kaufman County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
- Apr 26, 2011, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Henderson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 26, 4:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Mabank, TX | TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND NEAR MABANK. |
| Apr 26, 4:57 PM CDT | TORNADO | Seven Points, TX | TORNADO ON CEDAR CREEK LAKE. NEAR SEVEN POINTS. |
| Apr 26, 5:11 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nnw Mabank, TX | TORNADO SPOTTED NNW OF THE CITY OF MABANK. |
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 26, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
175
WFUS54 KFWD 262141
TORFWD
TXC213-257-467-262245-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0045.110426T2141Z-110426T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
441 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SEVEN POINTS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GUN BARREL CITY AND TOOL AROUND 445 PM CDT...
MABANK...PAYNE SPRINGS AND ENCHANTED OAKS AROUND 450 PM CDT...
PURTIS CREEK STATE PARK...EUSTACE AND LOG CABIN AROUND 500 PM...
MURCHISON AROUND 525 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 518 AND 542.
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.
IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3222 9559 3222 9617 3250 9644 3262 9609
3263 9569 3250 9558 3248 9558 3243 9552
3236 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 269DEG 31KT 3235 9621
$$4 follow-up statements
176
WWUS54 KFWD 262153
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
453 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC213-257-467-262245-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110426T2245Z/
VAN ZANDT TX-KAUFMAN TX-HENDERSON TX-
453 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
HENDERSON...SOUTHERN KAUFMAN AND SOUTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTIES...
AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MABANK...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EUSTACE AND LOG CABIN AROUND 500 PM CDT...
PURTIS CREEK STATE PARK AROUND 505 PM CDT...
CANTON AROUND 515 PM CDT...
MURCHISON AROUND 525 PM CDT...
BROWNSBORO AND VAN AROUND 540 PM CDT...
EDOM AROUND 545 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 518 AND 542.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3222 9559 3222 9617 3250 9644 3262 9609
3263 9569 3250 9558 3248 9558 3243 9552
3236 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 270DEG 30KT 3235 9608
$$312
WWUS54 KFWD 262203
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
503 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC213-257-467-262245-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110426T2245Z/
VAN ZANDT TX-KAUFMAN TX-HENDERSON TX-
503 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN KAUFMAN AND SOUTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTIES...
AT 503 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PURTIS CREEK STATE
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CANTON AROUND 515 PM CDT...
MURCHISON AROUND 530 PM CDT...
EDOM...BROWNSBORO AND VAN AROUND 545 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 518 AND 542.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3222 9559 3222 9603 3228 9616 3243 9626
3256 9626 3262 9609 3263 9569 3250 9558
3248 9558 3243 9552 3236 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 270DEG 27KT 3236 9599
$$476
WWUS54 KFWD 262213
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
513 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC213-257-467-262245-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110426T2245Z/
VAN ZANDT TX-KAUFMAN TX-HENDERSON TX-
513 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN KAUFMAN AND SOUTHERN VAN ZANDT
COUNTIES...
AT 513 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF PURTIS
CREEK STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CANTON AROUND 520 PM CDT...
MURCHISON AROUND 530 PM CDT...
EDOM...BROWNSBORO AND VAN AROUND 545 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 518 AND 542.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3222 9559 3228 9599 3232 9611 3238 9618
3253 9615 3262 9609 3263 9569 3250 9558
3248 9558 3243 9552 3236 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 268DEG 27KT 3238 9591
$$543
WWUS54 KFWD 262230
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
530 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC213-262239-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110426T2245Z/
HENDERSON TX-
530 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHERN
HENDERSON COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY.
LAT...LON 3236 9546 3236 9609 3236 9613 3238 9618
3253 9615 3262 9609 3263 9569 3250 9558
3248 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 252DEG 21KT 3242 9580
$$
TXC257-467-262245-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110426T2245Z/
VAN ZANDT TX-KAUFMAN TX-
530 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KAUFMAN AND SOUTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTIES...
AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE OR
MORE TORNADOES. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF CANTON...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VAN AND EDOM AROUND 545 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 518 AND 542.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3236 9546 3236 9609 3236 9613 3238 9618
3253 9615 3262 9609 3263 9569 3250 9558
3248 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 252DEG 21KT 3242 9580
$$
92The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone | 19 min |
| Apr 25, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 52 min |
| Apr 25, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Navarro | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 63 min |
| Apr 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 8:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Leon | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Robertson | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Leon | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Navarro | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Navarro | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Navarro | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone, McLennan | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Lamar | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 46 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.