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Tornado Warning 83, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 22, 2011Jack County, Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 6:25 PM CDT for Jack County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2011, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jack County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3761 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 240 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
3761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.3
Supercell composite
16.2

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The text

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

282 
WFUS54 KFWD 222325
TORFWD
TXC237-497-230015-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0083.110522T2325Z-110523T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
625 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST JACK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...  
  NORTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF CHICO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE BRIDGEPORT AROUND 640 PM CDT...
  CHICO AROUND 650 PM CDT...
  ALVORD AROUND 715 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3343 9798 3344 9765 3321 9761 3318 9803
      3343 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 258DEG 15KT 3333 9794

$$


CAVANAUGH
2 follow-up statements
817 
WWUS54 KFWD 222351
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
651 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

TXC237-230000-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110523T0015Z/
JACK TX-
651 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JACK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3343 9765 3321 9761 3319 9792 3343 9792
      3344 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 260DEG 17KT 3327 9782

$$

TXC497-230015-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110523T0015Z/
WISE TX-
651 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY...

AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
STRONG ROTATION HEADED TOWARDS THE TOWN OF CHICO.  CHICO IS IN THE 
DIRECT PATH OF THIS TORNADO...IF YOU ARE IN CHICO TAKE COVER 
IMMEDIATELY!  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHICO...MOVING EAST 
AT 20 MPH.  

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CHICO AROUND 655 PM CDT...
  BRIDGEPORT AROUND 700 PM CDT...
  ALVORD AROUND 715 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3343 9765 3321 9761 3319 9792 3343 9792
      3344 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 260DEG 17KT 3327 9782

$$


CAVANAUGH
067 
WWUS54 KFWD 230001
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
701 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

TXC497-230015-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110523T0015Z/
WISE TX-
701 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY...

AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
STRONG ROTATION WEST OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  
BRIDGEPORT IS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO...IF YOU 
ARE IN BRIDGEPORT...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!.  THIS STORM IS ALSO 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BRIDGEPORT AROUND 705 PM CDT...
  ALVORD AROUND 715 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3343 9765 3321 9761 3319 9792 3343 9792
      3344 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 279DEG 15KT 3324 9778

$$


CAVANAUGH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell42 min
May 21, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton, Mills32 min
May 21, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills46 min
May 21, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas62 min
May 21, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas54 min
May 21, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan23 min
May 21, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLampasas44 min
May 21, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas46 min
May 21, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas64 min
May 22, 1:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLampasas113 min
May 22, 1:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCoryell2 hr
May 22, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague64 min
May 22, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young53 min
May 22, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Montague63 min
May 22, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens58 min
May 22, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens54 min
May 22, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack, Wise48 min
May 22, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young58 min
May 22, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche66 min
May 22, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke49 min
May 22, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague56 min
May 22, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens67 min
May 22, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young66 min
May 22, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche64 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.