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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 5:35 PM CDT for Cooke County, Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
- May 24, 2011, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cooke County, TX, Montague County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | St. Jo, TX | |
| May 24, 5:46 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Se St. Jo, TX | BRIEF - WEST OF MUENSTER ON 82 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KFWD 242235
TORFWD
TXC097-337-242315-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0085.110524T2235Z-110524T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
535 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORESTBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT THIS STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ST. JO AROUND 545 PM CDT...
MUENSTER AROUND 550 PM CDT...
LINDSAY AROUND 555 PM CDT...
GAINESVILLE AROUND 600 PM CDT...
CALLISBURG AROUND 610 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 495 AND 503.
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 3362 9694 3343 9739 3344 9770 3364 9772
3392 9748 3383 9744 3383 9737 3389 9733
3387 9726 3391 9724 3391 9719 3376 9718
3372 9711 3383 9706 3385 9710 3385 9703
3389 9699 3395 9699 3395 9695 3394 9694
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 232DEG 46KT 3360 9758
$$
CAVANAUGH3 follow-up statements
025
WWUS54 KFWD 242254
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
554 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
TXC337-242301-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110524T2315Z/
MONTAGUE TX-
554 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC STORM HAS MOVED IN COOKE COUNTY...AND THE TORNADO
WARNING FOR MONTAGUE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY.
LAT...LON 3362 9694 3359 9701 3355 9749 3392 9748
3383 9744 3383 9737 3389 9733 3387 9726
3391 9724 3391 9719 3380 9720 3374 9717
3372 9711 3382 9706 3385 9709 3385 9703
3389 9699 3395 9699 3395 9695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 241DEG 40KT 3368 9740
$$
TXC097-242315-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110524T2315Z/
COOKE TX-
554 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
COOKE COUNTY...
AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. SPOTTERS OBSERVED A LARGE FUNNEL HALF WAY TO THE GROUND 3
MILES WEST OF MUENSTER NEAR HIGHWAY 82...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MUENSTER AROUND 555 PM CDT...
MOSS LAKE AROUND 605 PM CDT...
THE STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
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 3362 9694 3359 9701 3355 9749 3392 9748
3383 9744 3383 9737 3389 9733 3387 9726
3391 9724 3391 9719 3380 9720 3374 9717
3372 9711 3382 9706 3385 9709 3385 9703
3389 9699 3395 9699 3395 9695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 241DEG 40KT 3368 9740
$$
25783
WWUS54 KFWD 242305
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
605 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
TXC097-242315-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110524T2315Z/
COOKE TX-
605 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
COOKE COUNTY...
AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING AT
LEAST ONE TORNADO. THE POTENTIALLY TORNADIC CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED
NEAR MARYSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM...IMPACTING AREAS
NEAR MOSS LAKE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SIVELLS BEND AROUND 610 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3362 9694 3359 9701 3355 9749 3392 9748
3383 9744 3383 9737 3389 9733 3387 9726
3391 9724 3391 9719 3380 9720 3374 9717
3372 9711 3382 9706 3385 9709 3385 9703
3389 9699 3395 9699 3395 9695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 216DEG 38KT 3379 9731
$$
25491
WWUS54 KFWD 242316
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
616 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
TXC097-242325-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110524T2315Z/
COOKE TX-
616 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN COOKE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 615 PM
CDT...
BY 615 PM...THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD
WEAKENED AND WAS CROSSING THE RED RIVER INTO OKLAHOMA. THE WARNING
HAS EXPIRED.
ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY IMPACT THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING. A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM.
LAT...LON 3362 9694 3359 9701 3355 9749 3392 9748
3383 9744 3383 9737 3389 9733 3387 9726
3391 9724 3391 9719 3380 9720 3374 9717
3372 9711 3382 9706 3385 9709 3385 9703
3389 9699 3395 9699 3395 9695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 216DEG 38KT 3389 9722
$$
25The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 56 min |
| May 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens | 61 min |
| May 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 46 min |
| May 24, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 53 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 55 min |
| May 24, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 67 min |
| May 24, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague, Wise | 54 min |
| May 24, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker | 59 min |
| May 24, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 49 min |
| May 24, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke | 46 min |
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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.