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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 7:07 PM CDT for Parker County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min. 5 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, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Parker County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Springtown, TX | |
| May 24, 7:28 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 1 E Springtown, TX | |
| May 24, 7:38 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 2 W Azle, TX | |
| May 24, 7:42 PM CDT | HAIL 4 | 1 N Sanctuary, TX | |
| May 24, 7:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Springtown, TX | SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED NEAR HWY 199 |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 2867 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 602 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.2
- Supercell composite
- 44.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708 WFUS54 KFWD 250007 TORFWD TXC367-250045- /O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0088.110525T0007Z-110525T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 707 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... POOLVILLE AROUND 710 PM CDT... SPRINGTOWN AROUND 730 PM CDT... SANCTUARY AND RENO AROUND 735 PM CDT... BRIAR AROUND 740 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 3301 9806 3299 9754 3278 9755 3279 9806 TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 268DEG 34KT 3291 9792 $$ CAVANAUGH
1 follow-up statement
979 WWUS54 KFWD 250017 SVSFWD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 717 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 TXC367-250045- /O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-110525T0045Z/ PARKER TX- 717 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN PARKER COUNTY... AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A TORNADIC SUPERCELL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF SOFTBALLS. THIS POTENTIALLY TORNADIC CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF POOLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. CARTER IS IN THE PATH OF THE CIRCULATION. THE DAMAGING HAIL WILL IMPACT AREAS TO THE NORTH OF ANY TORNADO...INCLUDING SPRINGTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM...CLOSET...OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3301 9806 3299 9754 3278 9755 3279 9806 TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 268DEG 34KT 3291 9784 $$ 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 49 min |
| May 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 42 min |
| May 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 46 min |
| May 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 41 min |
| May 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Grayson | 52 min |
| May 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 64 min |
| May 24, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 46 min |
| May 24, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin | 17 min |
| May 24, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall | 64 min |
| May 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 46 min |
| May 24, 8:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 56 min |
| May 24, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 51 min |
| May 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 67 min |
| May 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall, Van Zandt | 60 min |
| May 24, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 58 min |
| May 24, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas | 33 min |
| May 24, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 24, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt | 53 min |
| May 24, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant | 57 min |
| May 24, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 66 min |
| May 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Rockwall | 61 min |
| May 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 49 min |
| May 24, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 61 min |
| May 24, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 60 min |
| May 24, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 53 min |
| May 24, 11:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 6 hr |
| May 24, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas, Mills | 56 min |
| May 24, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 61 min |
| May 24, 11:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 29 min |
| May 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, McLennan | 62 min |
| May 24, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 15 min |
| May 24, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 59 min |
| May 25, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 18 min |
| May 25, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 26 min |
| May 25, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Limestone | 27 min |
| May 25, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 59 min |
| May 25, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 32 min |
| May 25, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 29 min |
| May 25, 6:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 25 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.