Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 70, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 8:42 PM CDT for Anderson County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Anderson County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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, 9:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palestine, TX | LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS 1 LANE OF HWY 84. TREE DIAMETER 2.5-3 FT |
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
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 428 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.6
- Supercell composite
- 23.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KFWD 270142
TORFWD
TXC001-270230-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0070.110427T0142Z-110427T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
842 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 843 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF ELKHART...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ELKHART AND PALESTINE AROUND 900 PM CDT...
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 3153 9576 3160 9571 3165 9572 3165 9575
3161 9577 3165 9579 3169 9578 3169 9586
3175 9587 3181 9598 3194 9544 3185 9544
3182 9540 3177 9539 3168 9528 3160 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 258DEG 32KT 3162 9577
$$
85/NH3 follow-up statements
243
WWUS54 KFWD 270158
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
858 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC001-270230-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110427T0230Z/
ANDERSON TX-
858 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY...
AT 858 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF
ELKHART...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
ELKHART THROUGH 910 PM CDT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3160 9526 3153 9576 3157 9572 3162 9571
3166 9574 3161 9577 3165 9579 3169 9578
3187 9549 3188 9545 3182 9540 3177 9539
3168 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 263DEG 35KT 3164 9560
$$023
WWUS54 KFWD 270214
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
914 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC001-270230-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110427T0230Z/
ANDERSON TX-
914 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY...
AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
ELKHART...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF ANDERSON
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3160 9526 3156 9558 3161 9562 3169 9558
3174 9556 3187 9549 3188 9545 3182 9540
3177 9539 3168 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 263DEG 35KT 3166 9543
$$007
WWUS54 KFWD 270231
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
931 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC001-270241-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110427T0230Z/
ANDERSON TX-
931 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT
930 PM CDT...
AT 931 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA AND THE WARNING EXPIRED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3160 9526 3156 9558 3161 9562 3169 9558
3174 9556 3187 9549 3188 9545 3182 9540
3177 9539 3168 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 263DEG 35KT 3166 9543
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan, Navarro | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Navarro | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Hill, Limestone, Navarro | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Limestone | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Limestone | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Leon | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Leon, Limestone, Robertson | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Falls | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Limestone, Robertson | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Leon | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 4:20 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FWD | Bell, Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Denton and 20 more | 35 hr |
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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.