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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 9:56 PM CDT for Leon County, Limestone County, Robertson County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Robertson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
| Apr 26, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.
544
WFUS54 KFWD 270256
TORFWD
TXC289-293-395-270345-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0076.110427T0256Z-110427T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
956 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 956 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES WAS 4 MILES SOUTH OF THORNTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MARQUEZ AROUND 1025 PM CDT...
JEWETT AROUND 1030 PM CDT...
LEONA AND CENTERVILLE AROUND 1045 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 169.
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 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3114 9576 3114 9577 3110 9578 3109 9598
3106 9608 3101 9615 3099 9623 3123 9660
3138 9670 3150 9654 3125 9571
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 292DEG 34KT 3135 9654
$$2 follow-up statements
892
WWUS54 KFWD 270314
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1014 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC289-293-395-270345-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110427T0345Z/
LIMESTONE TX-LEON TX-ROBERTSON TX-
1014 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ROBERTSON...SOUTHERN LEON AND SOUTHEASTERN LIMESTONE
COUNTIES...
AT 1014 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
THORNTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
ANOTHER DEVELOPING CIRCULATION WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR KOSSE IN
EXTREME SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MARQUEZ AROUND 1030 PM CDT...
JEWETT AROUND 1035 PM CDT...
CENTERVILLE AROUND 1045 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 169.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500
AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3114 9576 3114 9577 3110 9578 3109 9598
3106 9608 3101 9615 3099 9623 3123 9660
3138 9670 3150 9654 3125 9571
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 287DEG 31KT 3132 9640
$$267
WWUS54 KFWD 270328
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1028 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC289-293-395-270345-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110427T0345Z/
LIMESTONE TX-LEON TX-ROBERTSON TX-
1028 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ROBERTSON...SOUTHERN LEON AND SOUTHEASTERN LIMESTONE
COUNTIES...
AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
KOSSE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORM
AS IT MOVES TOWARD MARQUEZ.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MARQUEZ AROUND 1045 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 169.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT! EVACUATE MOBILE
HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500
AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3110 9578 3109 9598 3106 9608 3101 9615
3099 9623 3123 9660 3137 9669 3146 9640
3125 9572 3123 9572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 291DEG 28KT 3125 9649
$$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, 9:10 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, 9:59 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.