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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 5:33 PM CDT for Hill County, Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hill County, TX, Navarro County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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, 5:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Frost, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN FROST |
| Apr 26, 5:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Blooming Grove, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 1 NORTH OF BLOOMING GROVE |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
194
WFUS54 KFWD 262233
TORFWD
TXC217-349-262315-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0049.110426T2233Z-110426T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
533 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
CENTRAL NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR MERTENS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FROST AROUND 540 PM CDT...
BLOOMING GROVE AROUND 550 PM CDT...
BARRY AROUND 600 PM CDT...
EMHOUSE AROUND 605 PM CDT...
RETREAT...CORSICANA...OAK VALLEY AND MUSTANG AROUND 615 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 218 AND 237.
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 3190 9642 3191 9678 3201 9698 3211 9697
3208 9695 3207 9693 3216 9674 3219 9645
3206 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 266DEG 28KT 3204 9689
$$
85/NH3 follow-up statements
340
WWUS54 KFWD 262247
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
547 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC217-262258-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110426T2315Z/
HILL TX-
547 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HILL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3190 9642 3191 9678 3206 9688 3211 9686
3216 9674 3219 9645 3206 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 266DEG 30KT 3205 9674
$$
TXC349-262315-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110426T2315Z/
NAVARRO TX-
547 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
NAVARRO COUNTY...
AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FROST...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BARRY AROUND 600 PM CDT...
EMHOUSE AROUND 605 PM CDT...
OAK VALLEY AROUND 610 PM CDT...
RETREAT...CORSICANA...MUSTANG AND ANGUS AROUND 615 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 218 AND 237.
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 3190 9642 3191 9678 3206 9688 3211 9686
3216 9674 3219 9645 3206 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 266DEG 30KT 3205 9674
$$678
WWUS54 KFWD 262300
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
600 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC349-262315-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110426T2315Z/
NAVARRO TX-
600 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
NAVARRO COUNTY...
AT 600 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BARRY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EMHOUSE AROUND 605 PM CDT...
OAK VALLEY AROUND 610 PM CDT...
RETREAT...CORSICANA...MUSTANG AND ANGUS AROUND 615 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 218 AND 237.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3190 9642 3191 9664 3199 9675 3209 9678
3216 9674 3219 9645 3206 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 266DEG 30KT 3205 9663
$$487
WWUS54 KFWD 262310
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
610 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC349-262315-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110426T2315Z/
NAVARRO TX-
610 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
NAVARRO COUNTY...
AT 611 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF OAK
VALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 218 AND 237.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3190 9642 3197 9659 3200 9665 3207 9666
3215 9666 3219 9645 3206 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 266DEG 30KT 3205 9655
$$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, 5:09 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, 5:42 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.