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Tornado Warning 90, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 24, 2011Parker County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 7:28 PM CDT for Parker County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 20 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, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Parker County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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, 7:28 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	1 E Springtown, TX
May 24, 7:30 PM CDT	HAIL 2	Haslet, TX
May 24, 7:38 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	2 W Azle, TX
May 24, 7:39 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Azle, TX
May 24, 7:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Avondale, TX
May 24, 7:42 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Haslet, TX
May 24, 7:42 PM CDT	HAIL 4	1 N Sanctuary, TX
May 24, 7:46 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	Avondale, TX
May 24, 7:48 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 E Springtown, TX	SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED NEAR HWY 199
May 24, 7:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Lake Worth, TX	TREES DOWN AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF APARTMENT BUILDING ROOF
May 24, 7:54 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Avondale, TX
May 24, 7:55 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	3 Sw Keller, TX
May 24, 7:55 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	1 W Keller, TX
May 24, 7:55 PM CDT	HAIL 4.25	Avondale, TX
May 24, 7:56 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	1 E Avondale, TX
May 24, 8:01 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Saginaw, TX	EXTENSIVE HOUSE DAMAGE
May 24, 8:02 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Grapevine, TX	GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN GRAPEVINE
May 24, 8:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	5 E Southlake, TX	GOLFBALL HAIL IN GRAPEVINE, TX.
May 24, 8:15 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	2 Wnw Keller, TX	NW SIDE OF KELLER BETWEEN HWY 170 AND GOLDEN TRIANGLE BLVD.
May 24, 8:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Keller, TX

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 PDS	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 16 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

031 
WFUS54 KFWD 250028
TORFWD
TXC367-439-250115-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0090.110525T0028Z-110525T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
728 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 
A   DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF RENO...MOVING EAST AT 40 
MPH.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOFTBALL 
SIZE HAIL.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RENO AND SANCTUARY AROUND 735 PM CDT...
  BRIAR AND AZLE AROUND 740 PM CDT...
  PECAN ACRES...PELICAN BAY AND LAKESIDE AROUND 745 PM CDT...
  NEWARK AND EAGLE MOUNTAIN AROUND 750 PM CDT...
  SAGINAW AROUND 755 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-35W BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 70.

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 3299 9744 3298 9703 3289 9703 3278 9767
      3299 9767 3300 9744
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 262DEG 34KT 3294 9769

$$


CAVANAUGH

2 follow-up statements

279 
WWUS54 KFWD 250042
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
742 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

TXC367-439-250115-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/
TARRANT TX-PARKER TX-
742 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PARKER AND NORTHERN TARRANT COUNTIES...

AT 738 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE WEST SIDE OF 
AZLE....MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN 
PORTIONS OF EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE.

IN ADDITION...SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A NEW TORNADO JUST SOUTHEAST OF 
SPRINGTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BRIAR AROUND 745 PM CDT...
  NEWARK AND THE NORTH END OF EAGLE MOUNTAIN AROUND 750 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT LEAVE SHELTER TO USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AND CRUSHED BY TORNADO WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3299 9744 3298 9703 3289 9703 3278 9767
      3299 9767 3300 9744
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 256DEG 32KT 3298 9760

$$


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326 
WWUS54 KFWD 250053
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
753 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

TXC367-250102-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/
PARKER TX-
753 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PARKER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3299 9744 3298 9703 3289 9703 3280 9755
      3297 9755 3300 9754 3300 9748 3300 9745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 273DEG 26KT 3289 9743

$$

TXC439-250115-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/
TARRANT TX-
753 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
TARRANT COUNTY...

AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
MULTIPLE TORNADOES. A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED 
NEAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

IF A TORNADO FORMS...IT WILL BE NEAR...
  SAGINAW AROUND 800 PM CDT...
  BLUE MOUND AROUND 805 PM CDT...
  WATAUGA AROUND 810 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM...CLOSET...OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST 
FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3299 9744 3298 9703 3289 9703 3280 9755
      3297 9755 3300 9754 3300 9748 3300 9745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 273DEG 26KT 3289 9743

$$


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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, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	49 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.