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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 3, 2014Fannin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2014, 6:03 PM CDT for Fannin County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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
Apr 3, 2014, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Fannin County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2014-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2909 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 2014-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 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
2909 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

491 
WFUS54 KFWD 032303
TORFWD
TXC147-032330-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0002.140403T2303Z-140403T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
603 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...TRAINED STORM SPOTTERS OBSERVED A DEVELOPING 
TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF LADONIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HONEY
  GROVE.

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 3341 9586 3340 9588 3337 9613 3352 9612
      3361 9585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 253DEG 26KT 3344 9603

$$


CAVANAUGH
1 follow-up statement
786 
WWUS54 KFWD 032327
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
627 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

TXC147-032337-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140403T2330Z/
FANNIN TX-
627 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630
PM CDT...

AT 627 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO
WARNING WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3341 9586 3340 9588 3337 9613 3352 9612
      3361 9585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 253DEG 26KT 3349 9583

$$





CAVANAUGH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 6:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise30 min
Apr 3, 6:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise33 min
Apr 3, 7:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise42 min
Apr 3, 7:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Montague68 min
Apr 3, 7:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar25 min
Apr 3, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson65 min
Apr 3, 8:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Denton, Tarrant34 min
Apr 3, 9:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDGrayson114 min
Apr 3, 10:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRockwall32 min
Apr 3, 10:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt64 min
Apr 3, 11:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Lamar31 min
Apr 3, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar67 min
Apr 3, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise25 min
Apr 3, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Wise52 min
Apr 3, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise33 min
Apr 3, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson65 min
Apr 3, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Wise60 min
Apr 3, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath, Hood65 min
Apr 3, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton64 min
Apr 3, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson61 min
Apr 3, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson56 min
Apr 3, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood66 min
Apr 3, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Hunt60 min
Apr 3, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton, Wise29 min
Apr 3, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Wise56 min
Apr 3, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant54 min
Apr 3, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood61 min
Apr 3, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche29 min
Apr 3, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills42 min
Apr 3, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDenton43 min
Apr 3, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant40 min
Apr 3, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin, Lamar65 min
Apr 3, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton53 min
Apr 3, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton54 min
Apr 3, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise35 min
Apr 3, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell67 min
Apr 3, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton33 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.