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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 26, 2011Freestone County, Limestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 8:29 PM CDT for Freestone County, Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Freestone County, TX, Limestone County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 8:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 W Mexia, TXMULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG WEST BOUND LANES OF HWY 84 BETWEEN LAKE MEXIA AND FM 1245.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 1:44 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1466 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
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
1466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

306 
WFUS54 KFWD 270129
TORFWD
TXC161-293-270215-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0068.110427T0129Z-110427T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COOLIDGE...MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TEHUACANA AROUND 835 PM CDT...
  FORT PARKER STATE PARK...GROESBECK...MEXIA AND THORNTON AROUND 840
  PM CDT...
  TEAGUE AROUND 900 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 193.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3146 9617 3134 9638 3143 9672 3172 9692
      3183 9671 3182 9661 3180 9652 3171 9626
      3160 9604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 288DEG 37KT 3164 9666

$$


85/NH
2 follow-up statements
696 
WWUS54 KFWD 270137
SVSFWD

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

TXC161-293-270215-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110427T0215Z/
FREESTONE TX-LIMESTONE TX-
837 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR LIMESTONE
AND SOUTHWESTERN FREESTONE COUNTIES...

AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF FORT
PARKER STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GROESBECK...MEXIA AND THORNTON AROUND 845 PM CDT...
  TEAGUE AROUND 900 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 193.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3146 9617 3134 9638 3143 9672 3172 9692
      3183 9671 3182 9661 3180 9652 3171 9626
      3160 9604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 289DEG 32KT 3161 9657

$$
743 
WWUS54 KFWD 270157
SVSFWD

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

TXC161-293-270215-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110427T0215Z/
FREESTONE TX-LIMESTONE TX-
857 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR LIMESTONE
AND SOUTHWESTERN FREESTONE COUNTIES...

AT 856 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COOLIDGE...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.

A SECOND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
MEXIA...ALSO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COOLIDGE AROUND 910 PM CDT...
  FORT PARKER STATE PARK AND GROESBECK AROUND 915 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 193.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3146 9617 3134 9638 3143 9672 3172 9692
      3183 9671 3182 9661 3180 9652 3171 9626
      3160 9604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 276DEG 27KT 3159 9677

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, McLennan, Navarro67 min
Apr 26, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFalls, Limestone49 min
Apr 26, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Navarro48 min
Apr 26, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Hill, Limestone, Navarro47 min
Apr 26, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill, Limestone, McLennan44 min
Apr 26, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Leon, Limestone41 min
Apr 26, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar54 min
Apr 26, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro39 min
Apr 26, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone39 min
Apr 26, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill, Limestone, McLennan63 min
Apr 26, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan43 min
Apr 26, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis36 min
Apr 26, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan25 min
Apr 26, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson48 min
Apr 26, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan48 min
Apr 26, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Leon53 min
Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLimestone50 min
Apr 26, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFalls40 min
Apr 26, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman35 min
Apr 26, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan21 min
Apr 26, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLeon42 min
Apr 26, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson54 min
Apr 26, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Rains37 min
Apr 26, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLeon, Limestone, Robertson49 min
Apr 26, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls38 min
Apr 26, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone27 min
Apr 26, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins27 min
Apr 26, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon48 min
Apr 26, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone34 min
Apr 26, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLeon, Robertson49 min
Apr 26, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFalls26 min
Apr 26, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Limestone, Robertson41 min
Apr 26, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon55 min
Apr 26, 11:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLeon33 min
Apr 27, 4:20 AM CDTFire Weather WatchFWDBell, Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Denton and 20 more35 hr

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.