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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 26, 2011Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 5:09 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ellis County, TX, Kaufman County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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, 5:11 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Nnw Mabank, TX	TORNADO SPOTTED NNW OF THE CITY OF MABANK.
Apr 26, 5:17 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 E Garrett, TX	TORNADO ON THE GROUND EAST OF THE CITY OF GARRETT.
Apr 26, 6:01 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Kemp, TX	TORNADO SOUTH OF KEMP

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 PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

202 
WFUS54 KFWD 262209
TORFWD
TXC139-257-262300-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0047.110426T2209Z-110426T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
509 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR PALMER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSSER AROUND 520 PM CDT...
  COTTONWOOD AROUND 525 PM CDT...
  GRAYS PRAIRIE...OAK GROVE AND KAUFMAN AROUND 530 PM CDT...
  KEMP AROUND 535 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 251 AND 263.

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 3236 9623 3236 9644 3234 9643 3231 9676
      3247 9677 3262 9627 3261 9608 3237 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 266DEG 42KT 3241 9661

$$


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2 follow-up statements

837 
WWUS54 KFWD 262219
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
519 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

TXC139-257-262300-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110426T2300Z/
KAUFMAN TX-ELLIS TX-
519 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ELLIS AND SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTIES...

AT 519 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PALMER...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSSER AROUND 535 PM CDT...
  COTTONWOOD AROUND 540 PM CDT...
  GRAYS PRAIRIE AROUND 550 PM CDT...
  OAK GROVE AND KAUFMAN AROUND 555 PM CDT...
  KEMP AROUND 600 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 251 AND 263.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3236 9623 3236 9644 3234 9643 3231 9676
      3247 9675 3262 9627 3261 9608 3237 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 257DEG 27KT 3241 9659

$$

246 
WWUS54 KFWD 262244
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
544 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

TXC139-257-262300-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110426T2300Z/
KAUFMAN TX-ELLIS TX-
544 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ELLIS AND SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTIES...

AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KEMP...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KEMP AROUND 550 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3236 9623 3236 9644 3234 9644 3238 9654
      3254 9652 3262 9627 3261 9608 3237 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 267DEG 31KT 3238 9628

$$

The 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, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt	64 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, 5:13 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

Nearby

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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.