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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 26, 2011Falls County, Limestone County, McLennan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 6:31 PM CDT for Falls County, Limestone County, McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. 5 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, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Falls County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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, 6:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Waco, TX	MILE MARKER 342 ON INTERSTATE 35W NORTH OF WACO.
Apr 26, 6:36 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	Lacy-Lakeview, TX	BASEBALL HAIL REPORTED IN LACY-LAKEVIEW BY THE PUBLIC.
Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Mart, TX
Apr 26, 6:57 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Waco, TX	REPORTED IN EASTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY
Apr 26, 7:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Axtell, TX	POWER LINES DOWN EASTERN MCLENNAN &AMP; WESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY

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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.

681 
WFUS54 KFWD 262331
TORFWD
TXC145-293-309-270015-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0056.110426T2331Z-110427T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL FALLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  EASTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR BELLMEAD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEROY AROUND 645 PM CDT...
  HALLSBURG AROUND 655 PM CDT...
  RIESEL AROUND 700 PM CDT...
  MART AROUND 710 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 329 AND 346.

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 TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3145 9709 3150 9720 3172 9714 3176 9696
      3172 9693 3177 9682 3159 9661 3138 9678
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 269DEG 19KT 3158 9710

$$


85/NH

2 follow-up statements

566 
WWUS54 KFWD 262342 RRA
SVSFWD

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

TXC145-293-309-270015-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110427T0015Z/
MCLENNAN TX-LIMESTONE TX-FALLS TX-
642 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL FALLS...WEST CENTRAL LIMESTONE AND EASTERN MCLENNAN
COUNTIES...

AT 642 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A 
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLMEAD...MOVING 
EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HALLSBURG AROUND 655 PM CDT...
  RIESEL AROUND 700 PM CDT...
  MART AROUND 715 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 329 AND 344.

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...VERY LARGE HAIL TO BASEBALL SIZE AND 
DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3145 9709 3150 9720 3168 9715 3171 9701
      3172 9693 3172 9681 3159 9661 3138 9678
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 269DEG 19KT 3157 9704

$$

297 
WWUS54 KFWD 262357
SVSFWD

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

TXC145-293-309-270015-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110427T0015Z/
MCLENNAN TX-LIMESTONE TX-FALLS TX-
657 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL FALLS...WEST CENTRAL LIMESTONE AND EAST CENTRAL MCLENNAN
COUNTIES...

AT 657 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A 
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HALLSBURG...MOVING 
EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MART AROUND 705 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALL 
AND DAMAGING DOWNDRAFT WINDS TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3150 9699 3155 9705 3166 9706 3170 9701
      3171 9693 3172 9681 3159 9661 3138 9678
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 278DEG 26KT 3155 9691

$$

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, 5:42 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, 6:43 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.