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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 15, 2013Montague County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2013, 5:25 PM CDT for Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2013, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Montague County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 5:39 PM CDTTORNADO1 W Belcherville, TXTORNADO 1 W OF BELCHERVILLE

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 15, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

792 
WFUS54 KFWD 152225
TORFWD
TXC337-152315-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0002.130515T2225Z-130515T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONTAGUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF
  STONEBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NOCONA AROUND 550 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 UP TO SOFTBALLS AND DAMAGING 
WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3397 9760 3391 9759 3392 9748 3360 9749
      3368 9798 3389 9798 3389 9794 3386 9785
      3392 9779 3395 9772 3398 9770 3399 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 261DEG 17KT 3379 9788

$$


82/JLD
4 follow-up statements
670 
WWUS54 KFWD 152240
SVSFWD

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

TXC337-152315-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130515T2315Z/
MONTAGUE TX-
540 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MONTAGUE COUNTY...

AT 538 PM CDT...MULTIPLE STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A RAIN-WRAPPED 
TORNADO ONE MILE WEST OF BELCHERVILLE. THE TORNADO IS MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NOCONA AROUND 550 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
SOFTBALLS. THE HAIL CORE WILL IMPACT AREAS NORTH OF NOCONA AS IT 
MOVES TOWARD LAKE NOCONA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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 3397 9760 3391 9759 3392 9748 3360 9749
      3368 9798 3389 9798 3389 9794 3386 9785
      3392 9779 3395 9772 3398 9770 3399 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 235DEG 12KT 3382 9786

$$


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366 
WWUS54 KFWD 152257
SVSFWD

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

TXC337-152315-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130515T2315Z/
MONTAGUE TX-
557 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN 
MONTAGUE COUNTY...

AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE 
TORNADIC CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NOCONA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE CIRCULATION WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE NOCONA AT 615 PM CDT

AT 555 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A REDEVELOPING WALL CLOUD 
WITH A FUNNEL CLOUD. THE CIRCULATION MAY BE WRAPPED WITH RAIN...
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO OBSERVE ANY TORNADO. DO NOT TRY TO OBSERVE 
THE STORM. SEEK SHELTER!

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
GOLFBALLS.

LAT...LON 3397 9760 3391 9759 3392 9748 3360 9749
      3368 9798 3389 9798 3389 9794 3386 9785
      3392 9779 3395 9772 3398 9770 3399 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 235DEG 12KT 3385 9779

$$


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984 
WWUS54 KFWD 152312
SVSFWD

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

TXC337-152315-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130515T2315Z/
MONTAGUE TX-
612 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY...

AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 
WATCHING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A 
TORNADO. THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL 
MONTAGUE COUNTY...WEST OF LAKE NOCONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LAT...LON 3397 9760 3391 9759 3392 9748 3385 9748
      3380 9776 3386 9785 3392 9779 3395 9772
      3398 9770 3399 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 235DEG 12KT 3388 9774

$$


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710 
WWUS54 KFWD 152318
SVSFWD

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

TXC337-152323-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130515T2315Z/
MONTAGUE TX-
618 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY EXPIRED AT
615 PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO NEAR BELCHERVILLE HAS WEAKENED 
AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO. THUS...THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MONTAGUE 
COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM. THE STORM IN NORTHERN MONTAGUE COUNTY IS STILL 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. IN 
ADDITION...A SEVERE STORM IN CLAY COUNTY IS ENTERING MONTAGUE COUNTY 
WEST OF BOWIE. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE 
HAIL. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR BOWIE AROUND 730 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.

LAT...LON 3397 9760 3391 9759 3392 9748 3385 9748
      3380 9776 3386 9785 3392 9779 3395 9772
      3398 9770 3399 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 235DEG 12KT 3389 9773

$$


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague29 min
May 15, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHopkins28 min
May 15, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague30 min
May 15, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague43 min
May 15, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills36 min
May 15, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath26 min
May 15, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise24 min
May 15, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto23 min
May 15, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker64 min
May 15, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack46 min
May 15, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood60 min
May 15, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague55 min
May 15, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills65 min
May 15, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills43 min
May 15, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker51 min
May 15, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack, Montague, Wise49 min
May 15, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood63 min
May 15, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague61 min
May 15, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton, Mills61 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.