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Tornado Warning 147, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 26, 2015, 6:31 PM CST for Ellis County, Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
- Dec 26, 2015, 6:31 PM CST (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Ellis County, TX, Navarro County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 7:00 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Ne Ennis, TX | HIGHWAY 34 AND NOVY ROAD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 29 minutes after it went out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 13.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
738
WFUS54 KFWD 270031
TORFWD
TXC139-349-270100-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0147.151227T0031Z-151227T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
631 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CST
* AT 630 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARRY...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF ENNIS...
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BARDWELL AROUND 640 PM CST.
ENNIS AROUND 700 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GARRETT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 248 AND 256.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3212 9664 3213 9671 3240 9672 3239 9654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 197DEG 33KT 3218 9667
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
JLDUNN1 follow-up statement
630
WWUS54 KFWD 270045
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
645 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
TXC349-270054-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0147.000000T0000Z-151227T0100Z/
NAVARRO TX-
645 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NAVARRO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3224 9660 3225 9666 3240 9667 3239 9654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 202DEG 33KT 3231 9659
$$
TXC139-270100-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0147.000000T0000Z-151227T0100Z/
ELLIS TX-
645 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY...
AT 644 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ENNIS...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
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
EAST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GARRETT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 248 AND 256.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3224 9660 3225 9666 3240 9667 3239 9654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 202DEG 33KT 3231 9659
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
JLDUNNWhat 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 Dec 26, 2:08 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 2:08 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 208 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 .DISCUSSION... WITH A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS...WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE MAIN THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT: THE MAIN WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERE STORMS IS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING: THE 18Z FWD RAOB INDICATED OVER 2000 J/KG OF SURFACE BASED CAPE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CAP IN PLACE INHIBITING CONVECTION. DEEP LAYER AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES ARE SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE 18 UTC FWD RAOB NUMBERS RANK HIGHLY IN THE PARAMETER SPACE SUPPORTIVE OF SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES ACCORDING TO THE STORM PREDICTION CENTERS SEVERE WEATHER ENVIRONMENT CLIMATOLOGY. AS A RESULT...THINK THAT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE ONLY MISSING INGREDIENT THAT WOULD SUPPORT A MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER OR TORNADO OUTBREAK IS STRONG LIFT OVER THE REGION. LIFT IS GENERALLY WEAK AND LACKS FOCUS...HOWEVER THE ENVIRONMENT IS UNCAPPED. EVEN WEAK LIFT MAY BE ENOUGH FOR SCATTERED SEVERE STORM/SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS AS A RESULT. ASSUMING SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THIS ENVIRONMENT...SIGNIFICANT TO VIOLENT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THE TORNADO THREAT MAY DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF COOLING...THOUGH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL LIKELY PERSIST ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE COLD FRONT. OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY: THE THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE COLD FRONT. THE TORNADO THREAT MAY DIMINISH A BIT...BUT WILL NOT LIKELY BECOME ZERO AT ANY POINT SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT WITH NEAR 70 DEW POINTS IN PLACE. THE SPEED OF THE FRONT WILL LARGELY DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SUNDAY. IF THE FRONT STALLS OUT ACROSS THE CWA...THE THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES WILL LIKELY BE PRESENT AGAIN...ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF WHEREVER THE FRONT STALLS. IF THE FRONT STALLS IN THE CWA...IT IS MOST LIKELY TO STALL OUT NEAR A PARIS TO DALLAS TO TEMPLE LINE. FLASH FLOODING THREAT: THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE GREATEST ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...ESPECIALLY IF IT STALLS OUT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY THE MOST WIDESPREAD THREAT FOR THE REGION. WITH SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS AND THE TRINITY RIVER BASIN ALREADY STARTING OUT ABOVE NORMAL...THERE IS NOT MUCH STORAGE CAPACITY FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND RUNOFF. WITH 3-6 INCHES (AND ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS) EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING ALL ALONG THE TRINITY IS LIKELY AS WELL. THE PRIMARY FLASH FLOODING THREAT IS LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AGAIN...ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WINTRY PRECIPITATION: THE FORECAST REMAINS LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM THE OVERNIGHT FORECAST. RAIN IS LIKELY TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW IS AN INCREDIBLY DYNAMIC SYSTEM SPORTING OVER 120 KTS OF WIND AT THE 500 MB LEVEL AND WITH TEMPERATURES DOWN TO -36 DEG C AT THE 500 MB LEVEL. THE COLD AIR ALREADY WRAPPED UP IN THIS SYSTEM COMPARED TO THE INCREDIBLY ANOMALOUS SPRING TIME WARMTH AND MOISTURE CURRENTLY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION SUPPORTS A SYSTEM WITH HIGH END POTENTIAL TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES OUT OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE STRONG POTENTIAL FOR CYCLOGENESIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTENSE BAROCLINICITY PROGGED BY MODELS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MEANS THAT THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE FORECAST MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. AS IT STANDS NOW...LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WINTER STORM WATCH...ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO MINERAL WELLS TO CISCO...ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO SEE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 1-3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL LOOKS LIKELY AT THIS TIME FOR THESE AREAS. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS TECHNICALLY BELOW WINTER STORM WARNING/WATCH CRITERIA... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW...AND HOW MUCH IT DEEPENS ONCE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. EVEN IF 1-3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS ALL THAT FALLS...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED AT 25 KTS GUSTING TO 35 KTS...MEANING THERE WILL BE A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH COULD SIGNIFICANTLY INHIBIT TRAVEL ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA. WILL NOT CHANGE THE AREAL OR TEMPORAL COVERAGE OF THE WATCH FOR NOW...BUT WILL BE WATCHING FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS AND CHANGES IN THE WATCH COVERAGE AREA IN LATER FORECASTS. AFTER MONDAY...MADE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. CAVANAUGH && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 556 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015/ MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TODAY WITH MVFR CIGS LIKELY. SOME IFR IS POSSIBLE...AND MOS SEEMS ESPECIALLY ADAMANT ON AN IFR OR LIFR CIG FORECAST THROUGH TODAY. HOWEVER CURRENT TEMPERATURES ARE NEARLY EQUAL TO UPSTREAM DEWPOINTS AND THIS RULE OF THUMB SUGGESTS IFR THREAT MAY BE OVER. OTHERWISE WILL SHOW VCSH THROUGH THE DAY FOR SHOWERS THAT WILL STREAM ACROSS THE AREA. MOST RAIN ACTIVITY WILL BE LIGHT AND BRIEF. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MORE INTENSE CONVECTION/THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...BUT RIGHT NOW THE CHANCE FOR THIS IS TOO LOW TO DELINEATE ANY ONE HOUR SO WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT OUT OF THE TAF. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY TO NEAR 20KT AND GUSTY. PREFER THE HI-RES MODELS WHICH SHOW A SLIGHTLY EARLIER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...PUTTING IT THROUGH KAFW AROUND 3Z...DFW AROUND 5Z...AND WACO AROUND 7Z. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND RAIN/STORM CHANCES WILL ALSO INCREASE NEAR AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT SO WILL SHOW SHRA AND VCTS AFTER FROPA. STRONGEST PERIOD OF UPPER LEVEL FORCING OCCURS AFTER 7 OR 8Z /1AM OR 2AM TONIGHT/ AND WILL INDICATE PREVAILING TSRA THROUGH EARLY MORNING SUNDAY. TR.92 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 54 58 33 42 31 / 100 100 80 20 5 WACO, TX 62 62 32 45 30 / 80 90 50 10 5 PARIS, TX 61 66 36 43 30 / 100 100 90 30 5 DENTON, TX 49 50 32 40 27 / 100 100 80 20 5 MCKINNEY, TX 55 57 33 41 29 / 100 100 80 20 5 DALLAS, TX 56 60 33 43 32 / 100 100 80 20 5 TERRELL, TX 61 64 34 43 30 / 90 100 80 20 5 CORSICANA, TX 65 66 33 45 33 / 80 100 70 10 5 TEMPLE, TX 61 61 31 47 31 / 80 90 50 10 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 44 44 29 39 26 / 90 100 80 20 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR TXZ091>095- 102>107-117>123-131>135-144>148-158>162-174-175. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR TXZ091-100-101-115-116-129. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 3:20 PM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271130- 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- 320 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY BY TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND HAIL. HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS AS WELL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO KILLEEN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF A COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD BE NEAR A LINE FROM BONHAM TO TERRELL TO KILLEN AT DAYBREAK. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS AS WELL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO KILLEEN THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP WEST OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO MINERAL WELLS TO GAINESVILLE LINE SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE COUNTIES OF EASTLAND...JACK...STEPHENS...PALO PINTO...YOUNG AND MONTAGUE WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. A RAIN AND SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE AS FAR EAST AS BONHAM TO DALLAS TO HILLSBORO TO LAMPASAS. GENERALLY LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION OR IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS DUE TO TEMPERATURES STAYING ABOVE FREEZING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 26, 2:31 PM CST, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 231 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 TXZ100-262115- YOUNG TX- 231 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YOUNG COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CST... AT 231 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF GRAHAM...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GRAHAM...OLNEY AND NEWCASTLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3340 9892 3340 9844 3304 9861 3306 9882 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 184DEG 36KT 3314 9871 CAVANAUGH
Special weather statement, Dec 26, 2:32 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 232 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 TXZ122-135-262100- VAN ZANDT TX-HENDERSON TX- 232 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN VAN ZANDT AND NORTH CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CST... AT 231 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CANEY CITY...OR 7 MILES WEST OF ATHENS...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. TORNADOES MAY QUICKLY DEVELOP WITH ANY STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ATHENS...MALAKOFF...EUSTACE...TRINIDAD...CANEY CITY...PURTIS CREEK STATE PARK...PAYNE SPRINGS...LOG CABIN AND STAR HARBOR. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3211 9590 3216 9610 3252 9597 3242 9576 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 198DEG 40KT 3221 9599 JLDUNN
Special weather statement, Dec 26, 3:41 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
341 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
TXZ091-101-262230-
MONTAGUE TX-JACK TX-
341 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MONTAGUE AND NORTHERN
JACK COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CST...
AT 341 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWPORT...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF JACKSBORO...MOVING
NORTH AT 45 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOWIE...STONEBURG AND NEWPORT.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3392 9775 3343 9789 3343 9792 3325 9792
3326 9839 3347 9831 3347 9798 3389 9798
3385 9786 3388 9781 3390 9780 3390 9778
3392 9778
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 195DEG 40KT 3338 9809
CAVANAUGHLocal storm report, Dec 26, 6:08 PM CST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
608 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0603 PM TORNADO 1 S OVILLA 32.52N 96.88W
12/26/2015 DALLAS TX AMATEUR RADIO
SPOTTERS REPORT TORNADO ON OVILLA ROAD JUST SOUTH OF
OVILLA.Local storm report, Dec 26, 6:17 PM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
617 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0613 PM TORNADO DESOTO 32.58N 96.85W
12/26/2015 DALLAS TX AMATEUR RADIO
TORNADO 1 MILE WEST OF I-35 NEAR BEAR CREEK ROADLocal storm report, Dec 26, 6:20 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
620 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0618 PM TSTM WND GST 5 SE MIDLOTHIAN 32.43N 96.92W
12/26/2015 M105 MPH ELLIS TX AWOSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 6:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 44 min |
| Dec 26, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 48 min |
| Dec 26, 6:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 6:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 51 min |
| Dec 26, 6:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 6:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 38 min |
| Dec 26, 6:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman | 32 min |
| Dec 26, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt | 32 min |
| Dec 26, 7:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 7:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt | 41 min |
| Dec 26, 7:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 14 hr |
| Dec 26, 7:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin, Rockwall | 28 min |
| Dec 26, 7:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 8:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fannin | 31 min |
| Dec 26, 8:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 2 hr |
| Dec 26, 8:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 2 hr |
| Dec 26, 8:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fannin | 46 min |
| Dec 26, 8:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 2 hr |
| Dec 26, 8:51 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 16 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:49 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hood, Jack and 8 more | 29 hr |
| Dec 27, 5:10 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:04 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Ellis, Limestone, Navarro | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 7:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 20 min |
| Dec 27, 8:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rains | 14 min |
| Dec 27, 8:10 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone, Navarro | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:21 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 48 min |
| Dec 27, 8:35 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:47 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 10:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro, Van Zandt | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Rains | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 28 min |
| Dec 27, 12:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Leon | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Leon, Robertson | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone, Navarro | 119 min |
| Dec 27, 2:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Limestone, Navarro | 13 min |
| Dec 27, 3:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 3:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 3:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 42 min |
| Dec 27, 3:26 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 64 min |
| Dec 27, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant | 17 min |
| Dec 27, 3:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 44 min |
| Dec 27, 3:57 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Limestone, Navarro, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 42 min |
| Dec 27, 4:27 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Rains | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 34 min |
| Dec 27, 5:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 26 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.