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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 3, 2012Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2012, 1:25 PM CDT for Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 10 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: Apr 3, 2012, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Emergency: Tornado emergency

Counties Dallas County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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
Apr 3, 1:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Euless, TX
Apr 3, 1:54 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Arlington, TX	CWSU REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE ZFW/ARTCC.
Apr 3, 1:54 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	20 Ne Fort Worth, TX	QUARTER TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE CWSU AT DFW AIRPORT
Apr 3, 1:56 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Grand Prairie, TX	110TH STREET IN GRAND PRAIRIE. FUNNEL NOTED 100 YDS FROM LOCATION. EVIDENCE OF SOME ROOF DAMAGE IN THE AREA.
Apr 3, 2:05 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	Euless, TX
Apr 3, 2:16 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 N Arlington, TX	HAIL DAMAGED MORE THAN 100 AIRCRAFT AT DFW INTERNATIONAL.
Apr 3, 2:21 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	Coppell, TX	NEAR DUNCAN DRIVE
Apr 3, 2:23 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	3 N Irving, TX	UP TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL IS FALLING IN NORTH IRVING.
Apr 3, 2:23 PM CDT	HAIL 3	Coppell, TX	TEACUP SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN COPPELL
Apr 3, 2:25 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	Euless, TX	BASEBALL HAIL NEAR 360 AND HARWOOD IN EULESS

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
Apr 3, 9:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 3, 12:08 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 21 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: 1939 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 2.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

091 
WFUS54 KFWD 031825
TORFWD
TXC113-439-031915-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0005.120403T1825Z-120403T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
125 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  EASTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONFIRMED A
  LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR KENNEDALE...MOVING   
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  ARLINGTON IS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS 
TORNADO!  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER 
IMMEDIATELY!

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT 
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ARLINGTON.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PANTEGO...DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS AND ARLINGTON AROUND 135 PM CDT...
  HALTOM CITY AROUND 140 PM CDT...
  GRAND PRAIRIE AND RICHLAND HILLS AROUND 145 PM CDT...
  HURST...NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AND WATAUGA AROUND 150 PM CDT...
  BEDFORD AROUND 155 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-35W BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 70...
I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 430 AND 445...
I-30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 26...
I-820 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 35.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO HAS
BEEN CONFIRMED. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
UNDERGROUND OR TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3259 9704 3258 9715 3263 9731 3299 9724
      3299 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 218DEG 22KT 3266 9720

$$


CAVANAUGH

3 follow-up statements

787 
WWUS54 KFWD 031833
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
133 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

TXC113-439-031915-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120403T1915Z/
DALLAS TX-TARRANT TX-
133 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
TARRANT AND NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONFIRMED A
LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR PANTEGO AND ARLINGTON!

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS AND ARLINGTON AROUND 140 PM CDT...
  PANTEGO AROUND 145 PM CDT...
  GRAND PRAIRIE AND HALTOM CITY AROUND 150 PM CDT...
  RICHLAND HILLS AROUND 155 PM CDT...
  HURST...NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AND WATAUGA AROUND 205 PM CDT...
  BEDFORD AROUND 210 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-35W BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 70...
I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 430 AND 446...
I-30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 26...
I-820 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 35.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO HAS 
BEEN CONFIRMED. FLYING AND FALLING DEBRIS IS A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD IN 
THIS TORNADO. UNDERGROUND OR IN A SAFE ROOM IS THE BEST SHELTER. IF 
NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...GET TO THE CENTER OF A STURDY 
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST LEVEL. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. 
COVER UP TO HELP AVOID BEING INJURED BY FLYING OR FALLING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3259 9704 3258 9715 3263 9731 3299 9724
      3299 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 211DEG 16KT 3268 9718

$$


CAVANAUGH

190 
WWUS54 KFWD 031847
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
147 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

TXC113-439-031915-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120403T1915Z/
DALLAS TX-TARRANT TX-
147 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
TARRANT AND NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 147 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PANTEGO...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  EULESS AND IRVING ARE IN THE DIRECT PATH OF 
THIS TORNADO...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER 
IMMEDIATELY!

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BEDFORD AROUND 155 PM CDT...
  EULESS AND COLLEYVILLE AROUND 200 PM CDT...
  IRVING...GRAPEVINE AND SOUTHLAKE AROUND 210 PM CDT...
  COPPELL AND CARROLLTON AROUND 215 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-35W BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 70...
I-30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 26...
I-820 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 32.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE
TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3299 9686 3269 9699 3268 9701 3265 9719
      3272 9723 3298 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 214DEG 24KT 3276 9711

$$


CAVANAUGH

354 
WWUS54 KFWD 031900
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
200 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

TXC113-439-031915-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120403T1915Z/
DALLAS TX-TARRANT TX-
200 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TARRANT AND NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 200 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF EULESS...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 30 MPH.  EULESS...IRVING AND DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE IN THE 
DIRECT PATH OF THIS TORNADO!  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...TAKE COVER 
IMMEDIATELY!

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EULESS AROUND 205 PM CDT...
  IRVING AROUND 210 PM CDT...
  COPPELL...GRAPEVINE AND CARROLLTON AROUND 215 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-820 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 25.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE UNDERGROUND OR TO AN 
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID 
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE 
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3275 9697 3275 9713 3282 9715 3298 9713
      3299 9686 3281 9694
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 214DEG 24KT 3281 9706

$$


CAVANAUGH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	59 min
Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens, Young	30 min
Apr 3, 7:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	32 min
Apr 3, 7:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	58 min
Apr 3, 8:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	49 min
Apr 3, 8:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	46 min
Apr 3, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	25 min
Apr 3, 8:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	47 min
Apr 3, 9:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	29 min
Apr 3, 9:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto, Young	49 min
Apr 3, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	33 min
Apr 3, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche	34 min
Apr 3, 9:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	41 min
Apr 3, 10:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	30 min
Apr 3, 10:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath	56 min
Apr 3, 10:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto	51 min
Apr 3, 10:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	35 min
Apr 3, 10:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker	39 min
Apr 3, 11:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	49 min
Apr 3, 11:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	28 min
Apr 3, 11:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	40 min
Apr 3, 11:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Palo Pinto	48 min
Apr 3, 11:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath, Hood	25 min
Apr 3, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Parker	61 min
Apr 3, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	55 min
Apr 3, 12:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	67 min
Apr 3, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	57 min
Apr 3, 12:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	46 min
Apr 3, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	54 min
Apr 3, 12:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	50 min
Apr 3, 1:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	44 min
Apr 3, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	39 min
Apr 3, 1:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	FWD	Dallas	49 min
Apr 3, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	47 min
Apr 3, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant	41 min
Apr 3, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	45 min
Apr 3, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	60 min
Apr 3, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	40 min
Apr 3, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Denton	42 min
Apr 3, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt	63 min
Apr 3, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Rockwall	62 min
Apr 3, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant	47 min
Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	60 min
Apr 3, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	26 min
Apr 3, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	56 min
Apr 3, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Rains	68 min
Apr 3, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant	63 min
Apr 3, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt	48 min
Apr 3, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	17 min
Apr 3, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Johnson	65 min
Apr 3, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, McLennan	42 min
Apr 3, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall	45 min
Apr 3, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell	40 min
Apr 3, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	50 min
Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt	62 min
Apr 3, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Ellis	41 min
Apr 3, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill, McLennan	46 min
Apr 3, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Rockwall	40 min
Apr 3, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	58 min
Apr 3, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	28 min
Apr 3, 4:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	33 min
Apr 3, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro	43 min
Apr 3, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	51 min
Apr 3, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	FWD	Hunt	48 min
Apr 3, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Rains	44 min
Apr 3, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Hunt	53 min
Apr 3, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Van Zandt	64 min
Apr 3, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Delta, Hunt, Lamar	20 min
Apr 3, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Henderson, Hill, Limestone and 3 more	63 min
Apr 3, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains	60 min
Apr 3, 5:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hopkins	49 min
Apr 3, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hopkins	24 min
Apr 3, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	54 min
Apr 3, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Limestone, Milam	66 min
Apr 3, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Henderson, Navarro	62 min
Apr 3, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	36 min
Apr 3, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	65 min
Apr 3, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	38 min
Apr 3, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam, Robertson	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.