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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2012, 2:13 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 12 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, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Collin County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Tarrant County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Apr 3, 2:29 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Lewisville, TX | NEAR LEWISVILLE LAKE |
| Apr 3, 2:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 S The Colony, TX | 1 S THE COLONY |
| Apr 3, 2:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 2 Se Lewisville, TX | HEN EGG SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHEAST LEWISVILLE AT SH 121 AND MACARTHUR RD. |
| Apr 3, 2:34 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | The Colony, TX | |
| Apr 3, 2:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Frisco, TX | QUARTERS IN FRISCO |
| Apr 3, 2:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 S Frisco, TX | NW OF HWY 121 DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY |
| Apr 3, 2:54 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Frisco, TX | IN FRISCO |
| Apr 3, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Wnw Frisco, TX | ONE INCH HAIL WEST SIDE OF FRISCO. |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.
232
WFUS54 KFWD 031913 RRA
TORFWD
TXC085-113-121-439-032000-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0009.120403T1913Z-120403T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
213 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 213 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES WAS 3 MILES EAST OF EULESS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
COPPELL AND FLOWER MOUND AROUND 225 PM CDT...
FARMERS BRANCH AROUND 230 PM CDT...
HIGHLAND VILLAGE AND COPPER CANYON AROUND 235 PM CDT...
CARROLLTON...ADDISON...LEWISVILLE AND HICKORY CREEK AROUND 240 PM
CDT...
HEBRON AROUND 245 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-35W BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 85...
I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 96...
I-635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 36.
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 3319 9708 3318 9664 3290 9677 3283 9690
3280 9712 3298 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 221DEG 21KT 3287 9700
$$
CAVANAUGH3 follow-up statements
258
WWUS54 KFWD 031928
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
228 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
TXC439-031936-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120403T2000Z/
TARRANT TX-
228 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF
TARRANT COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3294 9675 3286 9690 3285 9698 3299 9704
3316 9702 3318 9680 3318 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 221DEG 21KT 3293 9693
$$
TXC085-113-121-032000-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120403T2000Z/
DALLAS TX-DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-
228 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN COLLIN...SOUTHEASTERN DENTON AND NORTHWESTERN DALLAS
COUNTIES...
AT 226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF IRVING...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. CARROLLTON AND ADDISON 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...
CARROLLTON AND LEWISVILLE AROUND 235 PM CDT...
ADDISON AND HICKORY CREEK AROUND 240 PM CDT...
HEBRON AND LAKE DALLAS AROUND 245 PM CDT...
THE COLONY...LAKE LEWISVILLE AND LAKEWOOD VILLAGE AROUND 250 PM
CDT...
PLANO AROUND 255 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 93...
I-635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 36.
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 3294 9675 3286 9690 3285 9698 3299 9704
3316 9702 3318 9680 3318 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 221DEG 21KT 3293 9693
$$
CAVANAUGH143
WWUS54 KFWD 031949
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
249 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
TXC113-031958-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120403T2000Z/
DALLAS TX-
249 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
...THE CARROLLTON AND ADDISON STORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST INTO COLLIN
COUNTY...
ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON AND WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS IRVING...A SECONDARY TORNADO WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 79...
I-635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 36.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3299 9673 3299 9690 3305 9692 3317 9694
3318 9680 3318 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 218DEG 25KT 3305 9683
$$
TXC085-121-032000-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120403T2000Z/
DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-
249 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN COLLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN DENTON COUNTIES...
AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HEBRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PLANO...HACKBERRY AND LITTLE ELM AROUND 255 PM CDT...
FRISCO AROUND 300 PM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 90.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 9673 3299 9690 3305 9692 3317 9694
3318 9680 3318 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 218DEG 25KT 3305 9683
$$
CAVANAUGH334
WWUS54 KFWD 031959
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
259 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
TXC085-121-032008-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120403T2000Z/
DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-
259 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN
DENTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 300 PM CDT...
AT 258 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO HAS
WEAKENED. THIS STORM STILL HAS SOME WEAK ROTATION. IF THIS
INTENSIFIES A NEW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3299 9673 3299 9690 3305 9692 3317 9694
3318 9680 3318 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 218DEG 25KT 3310 9678
$$
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, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | 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, 2:15 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.