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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 9:10 PM CDT for Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Limestone County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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, 10:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sse Thornton, TX | SPOTTER OBSERVED TORNADO BECOMING RAIN-WRAPPED...3 SSE OF THORNTON |
| Apr 26, 10:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Thornton, TX | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND ON THE ROAD. |
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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
762
WFUS54 KFWD 270210
TORFWD
TXC293-270300-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0073.110427T0210Z-110427T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
910 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 909 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES WAS 7 MILES WEST OF GROESBECK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45
MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF GROESBECK SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW!!
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GROESBECK...THORNTON AND KOSSE AROUND 915 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.
IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
&&
LAT...LON 3172 9693 3182 9673 3180 9650 3142 9623
3138 9631 3136 9632 3123 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 293DEG 40KT 3151 9661
$$
85/NH2 follow-up statements
770
WWUS54 KFWD 270225
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
925 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC293-270300-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/
LIMESTONE TX-
925 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
LIMESTONE COUNTY...
AT 923 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GROESBECK...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS AROUND LAKE LIMESTONE THROUGH 955 PM
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3168 9690 3180 9650 3143 9623 3138 9632
3136 9632 3135 9634 3123 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 292DEG 32KT 3149 9647
$$662
WWUS54 KFWD 270240
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
940 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC293-270300-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/
LIMESTONE TX-
940 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
LIMESTONE COUNTY...
AT 939 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GROESBECK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO
WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY FROM FALLS COUNTY. THIS
STORM WILL TRACK EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH INTO THE THORNTON AND
KOSSE AREAS BY 1000 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES CAN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW!
DO NOT LEAVE SHELTER TO USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AND CRUSHED BY TORNADO WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3161 9686 3162 9685 3170 9644 3143 9624
3133 9638 3133 9640 3123 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 290DEG 32KT 3144 9631
$$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, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 48 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, 9:20 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.