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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 5:42 PM CDT for Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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, 5:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Ben Wheller, TX | DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND TREES |
| Apr 26, 6:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Primrose, TX | MULTI VORTEX TORNADO |
| Apr 26, 6:07 PM CDT | TORNADO | Martins Mills, TX | CROSSING MARKET STREET IN MABANK |
| Apr 26, 6:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Edom, TX | TREES & POWER LINES ON BUILDINGS AND ON GROUND ON 314 BETWEEN EDOM AND VAN |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
551
WFUS54 KFWD 262242
TORFWD
TXC467-262330-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0050.110426T2242Z-110426T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
542 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 541 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS 8 MILES WEST OF VAN...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL TO BASEBALLS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
* THE TORNADO WILL TRACK NEAR VAN AROUND 555 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 524 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3236 9546 3236 9550 3236 9586 3258 9589
3263 9589 3266 9559 3264 9558 3248 9558
3241 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 265DEG 38KT 3246 9569
$$
922 follow-up statements
426
WWUS54 KFWD 262251
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
551 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC467-262330-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110426T2330Z/
VAN ZANDT TX-
551 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY...
AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 532 AND 542.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3236 9546 3236 9550 3239 9577 3255 9578
3265 9572 3266 9559 3264 9558 3248 9558
3241 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 268DEG 19KT 3245 9567
$$420
WWUS54 KFWD 262307
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
607 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC467-262330-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110426T2330Z/
VAN ZANDT TX-
607 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY...
AT 606 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4
MILES SOUTHEAST OF VAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL MOVE EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 610 PM.
ANOTHER POTENTIAL TORNADO WILL MOVE INTO VAN ZANDT COUNTY SOON.
THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 535 AND 542.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3236 9546 3236 9550 3239 9567 3255 9572
3256 9568 3255 9562 3255 9559 3248 9558
3241 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 268DEG 19KT 3247 9559
$$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, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Navarro | 42 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.