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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2015, 6:07 PM CDT for Anderson County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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 25, 2015, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Anderson County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Neches, TX | LARGE TREES DOWN ON HWY 79 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
311
WFUS54 KFWD 252307
TORFWD
TXC001-252330-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0101.150525T2307Z-150525T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
607 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 607 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REESE...OR 12 MILES WEST
OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3182 9544 3194 9555 3205 9543 3204 9542
3203 9544 3201 9543 3199 9545 3196 9544
3196 9545 3193 9542 3190 9544 3188 9543
3185 9545 3183 9541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 231DEG 32KT 3190 9546
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JLDUNN1 follow-up statement
542
WWUS54 KFWD 252323
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
623 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
TXC001-252332-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150525T2330Z/
ANDERSON TX-
623 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 630 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3182 9544 3194 9555 3205 9543 3204 9542
3203 9544 3201 9543 3199 9545 3196 9544
3196 9545 3193 9542 3190 9544 3188 9543
3185 9545 3183 9541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 231DEG 32KT 3190 9546
$$
JLDUNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 53 min |
| May 25, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 52 min |
| May 25, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens | 67 min |
| May 25, 12:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 49 min |
| May 25, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 26 min |
| May 25, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 57 min |
| May 25, 12:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack | 33 min |
| May 25, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 59 min |
| May 25, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague, Wise | 64 min |
| May 25, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche, Mills | 40 min |
| May 25, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 36 min |
| May 25, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 43 min |
| May 25, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Somervell | 52 min |
| May 25, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 79 min |
| May 25, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 47 min |
| May 25, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas | 25 min |
| May 25, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 63 min |
| May 25, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 62 min |
| May 25, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 43 min |
| May 25, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood | 24 min |
| May 25, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 67 min |
| May 25, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 66 min |
| May 25, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 47 min |
| May 25, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 66 min |
| May 25, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Grayson | 23 min |
| May 25, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, McLennan | 34 min |
| May 25, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque, Somervell | 48 min |
| May 25, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson | 31 min |
| May 25, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 45 min |
| May 25, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 53 min |
| May 25, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 37 min |
| May 25, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 44 min |
| May 25, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 39 min |
| May 25, 2:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 4 days |
| May 25, 2:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 59 hr |
| May 25, 2:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 46 hr |
| May 25, 2:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 24 hr |
| May 25, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant | 65 min |
| May 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, McLennan, Navarro | 53 min |
| May 25, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, McLennan | 62 min |
| May 25, 3:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Tarrant and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 57 min |
| May 25, 3:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell, McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 62 min |
| May 25, 3:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Limestone | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 40 min |
| May 25, 3:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 52 min |
| May 25, 3:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall | 61 min |
| May 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone | 36 min |
| May 25, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 2 hr |
| May 25, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro | 64 min |
| May 25, 3:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 2 hr |
| May 25, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Milam | 31 min |
| May 25, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Rains | 75 min |
| May 25, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 5 hr |
| May 25, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 66 min |
| May 25, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 79 min |
| May 25, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone, Navarro | 3 hr |
| May 25, 4:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| May 25, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 25, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Hunt | 3 hr |
| May 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Navarro | 28 min |
| May 25, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 41 min |
| May 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 65 min |
| May 25, 4:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Rains, Van Zandt | 5 hr |
| May 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 77 min |
| May 25, 4:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Milam | 72 hr |
| May 25, 4:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Milam | 66 hr |
| May 25, 4:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 5 hr |
| May 25, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 31 min |
| May 25, 5:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 66 hr |
| May 25, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 73 min |
| May 25, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Leon | 5 hr |
| May 25, 5:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell | 7 days |
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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.