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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2012, 1:26 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
County Dallas County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 66 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, 2:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | Mesquite, TX | TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR MESQUITE RODEO STADIUM AREA |
| Apr 3, 2:21 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Dallas, TX | VERY LARGE HAIL TO HEN EGG SIZE NOTED AT I635 AND BELTLINE RD. |
| Apr 3, 2:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Garland, TX | WILLIAM STADIUM AREA |
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 58 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KFWD 031826
TORFWD
TXC113-031915-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0006.120403T1826Z-120403T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
126 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONFIRMED A
LARGE AND DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR HUTCHINS...MOVING NORTH AT 30
MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...SEEK SHELTER NOW!!
THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR DALLAS AND HUTCHINS! SEEK SHELTER
NOW!
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DALLAS AROUND 145 PM CDT...
SUNNYVALE AROUND 155 PM CDT...
GARLAND AND BUCKINGHAM AROUND 205 PM CDT...
ROWLETT AND RICHARDSON AROUND 210 PM CDT...
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 3298 9664 3298 9652 3280 9652 3262 9668
3258 9671 3259 9686 3298 9677 3299 9665
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 201DEG 25KT 3264 9675
$$
DUNN3 follow-up statements
820
WWUS54 KFWD 031834
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
134 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
TXC113-031915-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120403T1915Z/
DALLAS TX-
134 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
DALLAS COUNTY...
AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONFIRMED A
LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING INTO
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION!
THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS! SEEK SHELTER
NOW TO SAVE YOUR LIFE!
THIS WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 45...INTERSTATE 20...AND INTERSTATE 30 IN
THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF DALLAS!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AND CRUSHED BY TORNADO WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
IMMEDIATELY SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. DO NOT STOP UNDER
BRIDGES OR HIGHWAY OVERPASSES SINCE THEY OFFER NO PROTECTION FROM
TORNADO WINDS.
A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO HAS
BEEN CONFIRMED. FLYING AND FALLING DEBRIS IS THE BIGGEST HAZARD IN A
TORNADO. UNDERGROUND OR IN A SAFE ROOM IS THE BEST SHELTER. IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...GET TO THE CENTER OF A STURDY
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST LEVEL. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. COVER
UP TO HELP AVOID BEING INJURED BY FLYING OR FALLING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3298 9664 3298 9652 3280 9652 3262 9668
3261 9674 3266 9683 3298 9677 3299 9665
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 201DEG 23KT 3267 9674
$$
DUNN043
WWUS54 KFWD 031844
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
144 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
TXC113-031915-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120403T1915Z/
DALLAS TX-
144 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
DALLAS COUNTY...
AT 144 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DALLAS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED A LARGE
TORNADO WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL
TORNADOES. SEEK SHELTER NOW!
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BALCH
SPRINGS...MESQUITE...SUNNYVALE...BUCKINGHAM...GARLAND...SACHSE...
ROWLETT AND RICHARDSON
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 49...
I-635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 29.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED EARLIER WITH THIS STORMS! THIS IS AN
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3298 9664 3298 9652 3280 9652 3268 9665
3265 9675 3271 9681 3298 9675 3299 9665
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 201DEG 23KT 3274 9671
$$
DUNN101
WWUS54 KFWD 031902
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
202 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
TXC113-031915-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120403T1915Z/
DALLAS TX-
202 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY...
AT 201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONFIRMED A
LARGE AND DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST
OF DALLAS OR NEAR THE MESQUITE RODEO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR DALLAS...GARLAND AND MESQUITE! SEEK
SHELTER NOW!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO HAS
BEEN CONFIRMED. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
UNDERGROUND OR TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3298 9664 3298 9652 3280 9652 3274 9660
3273 9672 3276 9678 3298 9675 3299 9665
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 203DEG 17KT 3278 9668
$$
DUNNThe 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 | 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, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 50 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 | 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.