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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2015, 12:12 AM CDT for Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 27, 2015, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2015, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Ellis County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
395
WFUS54 KFWD 270512
TORFWD
TXC139-270545-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0021.150427T0512Z-150427T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1212 AM CDT MON APR 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 1212 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYPEARL...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WAXAHACHIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
ITALY AND MAYPEARL AROUND 1220 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3210 9686 3217 9701 3236 9707 3240 9688
3227 9650
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 226DEG 15KT 3226 9699
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
922 follow-up statements
830
WWUS54 KFWD 270527
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1227 AM CDT MON APR 27 2015
TXC139-270545-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150427T0545Z/
ELLIS TX-
1227 AM CDT MON APR 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ELLIS COUNTY...
AT 1227 AM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTH OF WAXAHACHIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BARDWELL AROUND 1235 AM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 384 AND 399.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3214 9679 3219 9697 3236 9707 3240 9688
3227 9650
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 236DEG 26KT 3231 9682
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
92262
WWUS54 KFWD 270542
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1242 AM CDT MON APR 27 2015
TXC139-270552-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150427T0545Z/
ELLIS TX-
1242 AM CDT MON APR 27 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1245
AM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH 1
AM.
LAT...LON 3214 9679 3219 9697 3236 9707 3240 9688
3227 9650
TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 226DEG 15KT 3231 9682
$$
92The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 7:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Erath | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Parker | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 7:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Jack, Young | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath, Somervell | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 8:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath, Palo Pinto | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Erath, Somervell | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Palo Pinto | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Johnson, Somervell | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Johnson, Somervell | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Johnson | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Erath, Hood, Somervell | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Johnson | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague, Wise | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Ellis, Hill | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Navarro | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 12:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 12:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, McLennan | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 12:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hamilton | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 1:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 12 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Coryell, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 2:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 2:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Leon, Limestone, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 4:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hill | 17 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 113 min |
| Apr 27, 6:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 114 min |
| Apr 27, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Mills | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 6:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 12 hr |
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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.