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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 15, 2013Hood County, Johnson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2013, 8:08 PM CDT for Hood County, Johnson County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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 15, 2013, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hood County, TX, Johnson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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 15, 8:56 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Cleburne, TX	2100 BLOCK OF PEBBLECREEK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 15, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
May 15, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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: 1604 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 436 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.0
Supercell composite: 20.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

030 
WFUS54 KFWD 160108
TORFWD
TXC221-251-160200-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0011.130516T0108Z-130516T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
808 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HOOD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO
  12 MILES WEST OF GODLEY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  THE TORNADO WAS 
BEING BROADCAST LIVE FROM HELICOPTER VIDEO BY LOCAL BROADCAST 
MEDIA.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER 
IMMEDIATELY...THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION!

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GODLEY AROUND 835 PM CDT...
  CLEBURNE STATE PARK AROUND 845 PM CDT...
  CLEBURNE AROUND 900 PM CDT...

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 3251 9762 3243 9737 3221 9742 3228 9762
      3232 9762 3232 9770 3232 9772 3241 9777
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 290DEG 19KT 3241 9772

$$


CAVANAUGH

2 follow-up statements

440 
WWUS54 KFWD 160125
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
825 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

TXC221-251-160200-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130516T0200Z/
HOOD TX-JOHNSON TX-
825 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON AND EAST CENTRAL HOOD COUNTIES...

AT 826 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEBURNE STATE PARK...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GODLEY AROUND 840 PM CDT...
  CLEBURNE STATE PARK AROUND 845 PM CDT...
  CLEBURNE AROUND 900 PM CDT...

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.

IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3251 9762 3243 9737 3221 9742 3228 9762
      3231 9761 3232 9762 3232 9768 3239 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 285DEG 12KT 3235 9761

$$


CAVANAUGH

364 
WWUS54 KFWD 160140
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
840 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

TXC221-160150-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130516T0200Z/
HOOD TX-
840 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HOOD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3243 9737 3238 9739 3221 9742 3228 9762
      3231 9761 3232 9762 3249 9762 3251 9761
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 291DEG 13KT 3233 9756

$$

TXC251-160200-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130516T0200Z/
JOHNSON TX-
840 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY...

AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF CLEBURNE STATE 
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  SERIOUS INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED 
FROM A LIKELY TORNADO IN HOOD COUNTY...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF 
THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLEBURNE STATE PARK AROUND 845 PM CDT...
  CLEBURNE AROUND 900 PM CDT...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3243 9737 3238 9739 3221 9742 3228 9762
      3231 9761 3232 9762 3249 9762 3251 9761
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 291DEG 13KT 3233 9756

$$


CAVANAUGH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 15, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
648 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

.UPDATE...
THE FORECASTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE TORNADO WATCH 161 FOR
THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. AT 630 PM...SEVERAL SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTH TO SOUTH FROM BOWIE TO NORTH OF
GOLDTHWAITE. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS OF BASEBALL OR
GREATER SIZED HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. ACTIVITY IS APPROACHING THE
I-35 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX FROM THE
WEST. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WILL ALL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WATCH
AND WARNING INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES IN YOUR AREA.

30

&&

.AVIATION...
THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OF THE UPPER LOW OVER OKLAHOMA IS DRIVING
STORM MOTION ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. ACTIVITY OVER EASTERN
COUNTIES WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM TAF SITES. WILL NEED
TO KEEP AN EYE ON DEVELOPMENT WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE AREA
WHERE GOOD INSTABILITY RESIDES. THE CURRENT THINKING IS THAT
STORMS SHOULD INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WEST OF I-35 AS A
SUBTLE DISTURBANCE ROTATES AROUND THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE
UPPER LOW...AND THIS ACTIVITY WOULD PROPAGATE EAST TOWARDS THE
METROPLEX.

DEVELOPMENT REMAINED ISOLATED MOST OF THE AFTERNOON...BUT THE
LATEST TRENDS AND BLEND OF HI-RESOLUTION GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT
MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION CAN BE EXPECTED...WHICH WOULD BE NEAR
THE METRO AREA TERMINALS 01-02Z. WILL THEREFORE MAINTAIN THE VCTS
BEGINNING IN THAT TIME FRAME. MAY NEED TO STICK WITH A TEMPO GROUP
02-05Z...THOUGH LATE ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE MADE DEPENDING ON RADAR
TRENDS. FOR WACO...TIMING WILL BE SIMILAR DUE TO EXPECTED
DEVELOPMENT OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY WOULD MOVE EAST TOWARDS THE WACO
AREA...WHICH ALLOWING FOR AT LEAST A VCTS DURING THE 02-05Z TIME
FRAME. ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AROUND
06Z. OTHERWISE CIGS SHOULD REMAIN PREDOMINATELY MVFR THROUGH
MIDDAY TOMORROW. BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN
THUNDERSTORMS.

30

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 342 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013/
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF AN UPPER LOW.
SOME OF THE ACTIVITY ON OUR SIDE OF THE RED RIVER MAY POSE A HAIL
THREAT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

IN SUNNY AREAS FROM SAN ANGELO TO ABILENE TO WICHITA FALLS...
TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED WELL INTO THE 80S. A DRYLINE IS WELL
WEST...MAINTAINING 60+ DEW POINTS ACROSS THIS AREA. WHATEVER
MINIMAL CAP REMAINS THERE WILL LIKELY ERODE WITH ADDITIONAL
SURFACE HEATING AND LARGE-SCALE LIFT...RESULTING IN CONVECTIVE
INITIATION WELL AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE. WITH CONSIDERABLE
INSTABILITY...CYCLONIC SHEAR...AND STRONG LAPSE RATES ALOFT...
THE STORM MODE WILL FAVOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SUPERCELLS PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL. SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS IS BEING INDUCED IN THE WAKE OF
THE EXITING UPPER LOW ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS.
AS THE CONVECTION DEVELOPS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE SURFACE WINDS
SHOULD BEGIN BACKING IN RESPONSE TO THE SURFACE LOW AND ANY
RESULTING DRYLINE BULGE. THE INCREASING EASTERLY COMPONENT IN THE
SURFACE WINDS WILL ENHANCE THE CYCLONIC SHEAR...PARTICULARLY IN
THE LOW-LEVELS...ENHANCING THE TORNADO THREAT WITH ANY ISOLATED
SUPERCELLS. THIS ACTIVITY MAY IMPACT WESTERN ZONES BEFORE SUNSET.

THE ONGOING CONVECTION IS RACING TO THE NORTHEAST. BUT AS THE UPPER
LOW CONTINUES TO DRIFT NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS OKLAHOMA...THE FLOW
ALOFT ABOVE WESTERN ZONES WILL VEER MARKEDLY. THIS WILL FURTHER
ENHANCE THE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE CYCLONE...
AND INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
INTO NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE FLOW MIGHT SUGGEST THE STORMS
WOULD THEN SWING NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS OVERNIGHT. BUT
IF THE CONVECTION CAN CONGEAL INTO AN MCS IN OUR NORTHWESTERN
ZONES AND GENERATE A WELL DEFINED COLD POOL...IT WOULD LIKELY
CONTINUE SURGING SOUTHEASTWARD DEEP INTO THE CWA TONIGHT...FED BY
A SOUTHERLY LLJ OF 30-40KTS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO THREAT MAY PERSIST
INTO THE EVENING HOURS...SUCH A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WOULD LIKELY
TRANSITION INTO A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH THROUGH MIDNIGHT WILL COVER BOTH THE HAIL THREAT EARLY AND
THE DAMAGING WIND THREAT LATER THIS EVENING. THE MAIN TIME FRAME
FOR IMPACTS IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX WILL BE 9 PM TO
2 AM CDT.

THE CONVECTION WILL COME TO AN END ON THURSDAY AS THE LOW EXITS
THE REGION. MID AND UPPER RIDGING WILL PASS THROUGH ON FRIDAY...
PROVIDING A BRIEF RESPITE BEFORE THE NEXT TROUGH APPROACHES ON
SATURDAY. A DRYLINE MAY DEVELOP IN WEST TEXAS...ANY CONVECTION
ALONG WHICH MAY REACH OUR WESTERN ZONES. EXTENDED GUIDANCE IS
DIVERGING ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER TROUGH NEXT WEEK. WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT FROM ENTERING THE
CWA...BUT MAINTAIN SOME LOW-END RAIN CHANCES.

25

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  66  83  70  89  71 /  60  20  10   5  10
WACO, TX              68  85  71  90  72 /  40  10  10  10   5
PARIS, TX             63  76  66  82  68 /  70  30  10  10  10
DENTON, TX            66  83  69  89  70 /  70  20  10   5  10
MCKINNEY, TX          66  80  68  86  69 /  70  30  10  10  10
DALLAS, TX            67  83  70  89  72 /  60  20  10   5  10
TERRELL, TX           65  80  68  86  70 /  60  20  10  10  10
CORSICANA, TX         65  82  69  87  70 /  40  20  10   5   5
TEMPLE, TX            67  86  70  89  71 /  30  10  10  10   0
MINERAL WELLS, TX     66  86  67  94  69 /  60  20  10   5  10

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
357 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-161115-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
357 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. A FEW
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS AND WILL EXIT THE REGION TO THE NORTHEAST
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN WEST OF A LAMPASAS
TO BOWIE LINE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE WILL ALSO BE
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
LATE SUNDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A GOLDTHWAITE...
FORT WORTH...SHERMAN LINE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SPOTTER
ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS LATE
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 7:32 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
732 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     HAIL             CARADAN                 31.55N  98.48W
05/15/2013  E2.75 INCH       MILLS              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BASEBALL HAIL IN CARADAN

Local storm report, May 15, 7:36 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
736 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     HAIL             3 W WEATHERFORD         32.77N  97.85W
05/15/2013  E1.75 INCH       PARKER             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

Local storm report, May 15, 7:53 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
753 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0752 PM     HAIL             5 S POTTSVILLE          31.61N  98.32W
05/15/2013  E0.88 INCH       HAMILTON           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            INTERSECTION OF 221 AND 2005

Local storm report, May 15, 7:54 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
754 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0752 PM     HAIL             GRANBURY                32.45N  97.80W
05/15/2013  E1.75 INCH       HOOD               TX   PUBLIC

            GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON PIRATE DRIVE

Local storm report, May 15, 7:57 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
757 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0756 PM     HAIL             GRANBURY                32.45N  97.80W
05/15/2013  E2.75 INCH       HOOD               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            60 MPH WIND ALSO REPORTED. PIRATE DRIVE IN GRANBURY

Local storm report, May 15, 8:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
808 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0806 PM     TORNADO          6 SE GRANBURY           32.39N  97.73W
05/15/2013                   HOOD               TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TORNADO IN PECAN PLANTATION

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	52 min
May 15, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Parker	47 min
May 15, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Montague, Wise	62 min
May 15, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Parker, Wise	51 min
May 15, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hood	50 min
May 15, 7:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Parker	2 hr
May 15, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke	61 min
May 15, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	64 min
May 15, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson	62 min
May 15, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton	61 min
May 15, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	44 min
May 15, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	40 min
May 15, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	62 min
May 15, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	38 min
May 15, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton	48 min
May 15, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	43 min
May 15, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise	54 min
May 15, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague, Wise	45 min
May 15, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	66 min
May 15, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Johnson	47 min
May 15, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton	44 min
May 15, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	58 min
May 15, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche	25 min
May 15, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	62 min
May 15, 9:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Johnson	22 min
May 15, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Dallas	45 min
May 15, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath	67 min
May 15, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton	61 min
May 15, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Johnson	45 min
May 15, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	23 min
May 15, 9:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Denton, Wise	3 hr
May 15, 10:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Johnson	3 hr
May 15, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	59 min
May 15, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood	23 min
May 15, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	36 min
May 15, 10:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson	113 min
May 15, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant, Wise	35 min
May 15, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Hamilton, Mills	62 min
May 15, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Somervell	37 min
May 15, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	64 min
May 15, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	32 min
May 15, 10:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Rockwall	115 min
May 15, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Johnson	66 min
May 15, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	50 min
May 15, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	58 min
May 15, 11:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	15 hr
May 15, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	33 min
May 15, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Navarro	44 min
May 16, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro	52 min
May 16, 12:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro	32 min
May 16, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	49 min
May 16, 12:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone, Navarro	35 min
May 16, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	34 min
May 16, 1:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
May 16, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	64 min
May 16, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	31 min
May 16, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	25 min
May 16, 3:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	27 min
May 16, 7:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	30 min
May 16, 7:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	32 min
May 16, 7:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	23 min
May 16, 8:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	56 min
May 16, 8:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	23 min
May 16, 9:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Fannin	3 hr
May 16, 10:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	32 min
May 16, 11:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	116 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.