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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2013, 9:30 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2013, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2013, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dallas County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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.
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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
302 WFUS54 KFWD 160230 TORFWD TXC113-160315- /O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0017.130516T0230Z-130516T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 930 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 930 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COCKRELL HILL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DALLAS AROUND 1005 PM CDT... HUTCHINS AROUND 1010 PM CDT... BALCH SPRINGS AND MESQUITE AROUND 1015 PM CDT... THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 416 AND 431... I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 449 AND 460... I-30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 50... I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 278 AND 284. 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. && LAT...LON 3288 9659 3264 9653 3260 9697 3277 9701 TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 258DEG 12KT 3270 9689 $$ 82/JLD
2 follow-up statements
293 WWUS54 KFWD 160245 SVSFWD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 945 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 TXC113-160315- /O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130516T0315Z/ DALLAS TX- 945 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY... AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COCKRELL HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DALLAS AROUND 1005 PM CDT... MESQUITE AND BALCH SPRINGS AROUND 1015 PM CDT... THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 418 AND 430... I-30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 50... I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 280 AND 284. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM...CLOSET...OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR A MATTRESS FOR PROTECTION. TAKE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT WAIT FOR VISUAL CONFIRMATION AS NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. MOVE UNDERGROUND OR TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3288 9659 3267 9654 3265 9686 3280 9691 TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 243DEG 13KT 3273 9683 $$ 82/JLD
361 WWUS54 KFWD 160301 SVSFWD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1001 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 TXC113-160311- /O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130516T0315Z/ DALLAS TX- 1001 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 418 AND 431... I-30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 50... I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 280 AND 284. AT 1001 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WARNING WAS CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY FOR A HAIL THREAT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3288 9659 3267 9654 3265 9686 3280 9691 TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 243DEG 13KT 3276 9677 $$ 82/JLD
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, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 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, 5 hours 33 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, 8:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
816 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM HAIL 9 S HAMILTON 31.57N 98.12W
05/15/2013 E1.75 INCH HAMILTON TX TRAINED SPOTTERLocal storm report, May 15, 8:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
824 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0812 PM HAIL 1 SSE SHIVE 31.61N 98.22W
05/15/2013 E2.75 INCH HAMILTON TX TRAINED SPOTTERLocal storm report, May 15, 8:50 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
850 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0831 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SSE GRAPEVINE 32.90N 97.07W
05/15/2013 M59 MPH TARRANT TX ASOS
DFW ASOSLocal storm report, May 15, 8:57 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
857 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0856 PM HAIL CLEBURNE 32.35N 97.40W
05/15/2013 E1.75 INCH JOHNSON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
2100 BLOCK OF PEBBLECREEKSpecial weather statement, May 15, 9:05 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
905 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
TXZ141-160230-
COMANCHE TX-
905 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY
AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF COMANCHE...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
DE LEON IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3226 9855 3195 9833 3194 9833 3185 9843
3186 9877 3208 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 278DEG 24KT 3206 9870
25Local storm report, May 15, 9:21 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
921 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0921 PM TSTM WND GST CLEBURNE 32.35N 97.40W
05/15/2013 E80 MPH JOHNSON TX TRAINED SPOTTER
AT THE CLEBURNE HOSPITALThe 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, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson | 52 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, 9:38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.