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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cooke County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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, 7:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Rosston, TX | |
| May 24, 7:19 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Era, TX | |
| May 24, 7:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 Sw Lindsay, TX | |
| May 24, 7:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Gainesville, TX | TRAINED SPOTTER OBSERVED AND TOOK VIDEO OF A TORNADO JUST W OF I-35W FOR 4 MINUTES. |
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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
610
WFUS54 KFWD 242359
TORFWD
TXC097-250045-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0087.110524T2359Z-110525T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
659 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...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MUENSTER...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LINDSAY AND VALLEY VIEW AROUND 710 PM CDT...
GAINESVILLE AROUND 715 PM CDT...
CALLISBURG AROUND 730 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 484 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 3382 9694 3342 9695 3344 9749 3362 9749
3363 9748 3374 9748 3378 9718 3376 9718
3373 9716 3372 9711 3375 9709 3380 9709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 250DEG 42KT 3352 9737
$$
CAVANAUGH2 follow-up statements
166
WWUS54 KFWD 250010
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
710 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
TXC097-250045-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110525T0045Z/
COOKE TX-
710 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR COOKE
COUNTY...
AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC CIRCULATION 9 MILES WEST OF VALLEY VIEW...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE CIRCULATION WILL BE NEAR...
VALLEY VIEW AROUND 715 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3382 9694 3342 9695 3344 9749 3362 9749
3363 9748 3374 9748 3378 9718 3376 9718
3373 9716 3372 9711 3375 9709 3380 9709
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 254DEG 39KT 3352 9727
$$
25584
WWUS54 KFWD 250032
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
732 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
TXC097-250045-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110525T0045Z/
COOKE TX-
732 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR COOKE
COUNTY...
AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
NEW POTENTIALLY TORNADIC CIRCULATION 8 MILES WEST OF VALLEY VIEW...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
IF A TORNADO FORMS...TO WOULD BE NEAR...
VALLEY VIEW AROUND 740 PM CDT...
THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN
AREAS EAST OF GAINESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM...CLOSET...OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3382 9694 3342 9695 3344 9749 3362 9749
3363 9748 3374 9748 3378 9718 3376 9718
3373 9716 3372 9711 3375 9709 3380 9709
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 256DEG 35KT 3351 9726
$$
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, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 40 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 |
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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.