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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 7:26 PM CDT for Denton County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Denton County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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, 7:38 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 N Rhome, TX | |
| May 24, 7:51 PM CDT | TORNADO | Corral City, TX | AT I-35W AND FM 407 |
| May 24, 8:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Argyle, TX | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN & SHINGLES TORN FROM ROOF |
| May 24, 8:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | Corinth, TX | REPORTED AT OLD ALTON AND TEASLEY (GUYER HS) |
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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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.
244 WFUS54 KFWD 250026 TORFWD TXC121-497-250115- /O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0089.110525T0026Z-110525T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 726 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF RHOME...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JUSTIN AND PONDER AROUND 745 PM CDT... CORRAL CITY...NORTHLAKE...MARSHALL CREEK AND ROANOKE AROUND 750 PM CDT... ARGYLE...BARTONVILLE AND KRUM AROUND 755 PM CDT... COPPER CANYON AROUND 800 PM CDT... THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 468 AND 482... I-35W BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 85... I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 96. 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3341 9701 3299 9696 3299 9750 3336 9748 TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 260DEG 35KT 3308 9751 $$ CAVANAUGH
1 follow-up statement
261 WWUS54 KFWD 250047 SVSFWD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 747 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 TXC121-497-250115- /O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/ DENTON TX-WISE TX- 747 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISE AND DENTON COUNTIES... AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC CIRCULATION NEAR JUSTIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IF A TORNADO DEVELOPS...IT WILL BE NEAR... CORRAL CITY...NORTHLAKE AROUND 750 PM CDT... ARGYLE AROUND 755 PM CDT... THE STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF DENTON. IN ADDITION...A TORNADIC STORM NEAR THE PARKER/TARRANT COUNTY LINE WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF GOLF BALL HAIL IN SOUTHEASTERN WISE AND SOUTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER OR PERMANENT BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3341 9701 3299 9696 3299 9750 3336 9748 TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 260DEG 35KT 3311 9730 $$ 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 38 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.