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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2015, 6:43 PM CDT for Ellis County, Johnson County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 4 reports 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
- Apr 24, 2015, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Ellis County, TX, Johnson County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:04 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Waxahachie, TX | $$ |
| Apr 24, 7:04 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Waxahachie, TX | |
| Apr 24, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 N Waxahachie, TX | $$ |
| Apr 24, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 N Waxahachie, TX |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
855
WFUS54 KFWD 242343
TORFWD
TXC139-251-250015-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0004.150424T2343Z-150425T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
643 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 643 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED OVER
VENUS...OR NEAR MIDLOTHIAN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAND PRAIRIE...MANSFIELD...CEDAR HILL...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...
MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...RED OAK...OVILLA...VENUS...FERRIS...
PALMER...OAK LEAF AND PECAN HILL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 395 AND 410.
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.
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 3234 9716 3243 9717 3255 9712 3254 9670
3232 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 266DEG 47KT 3244 9710
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CAVANAUGH2 follow-up statements
607
WWUS54 KFWD 250000
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
700 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
TXC251-250009-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150425T0015Z/
JOHNSON TX-
700 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST
OF THE COUNTY AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3241 9692 3255 9692 3254 9670 3237 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 269DEG 49KT 3245 9684
$$
TXC139-250015-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150425T0015Z/
ELLIS TX-
700 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY...
AT 659 PM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED NEAR
WAXAHACHIE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...RED OAK...OVILLA...
FERRIS...PALMER...OAK LEAF AND PECAN HILL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 401 AND 410.
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.
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 3241 9692 3255 9692 3254 9670 3237 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 269DEG 49KT 3245 9684
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CAVANAUGH207
WWUS54 KFWD 250011
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
711 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
TXC139-250019-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150425T0015Z/
ELLIS TX-
711 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3241 9692 3255 9692 3254 9670 3237 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 266DEG 47KT 3245 9684
$$
79The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 9 days |
| Apr 24, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Wise | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 9:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 49 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Fannin and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 45 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 112 min |
| Apr 24, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 117 min |
| Apr 24, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 4:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 45 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Montague | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke | 66 min |
| Apr 24, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Parker, Tarrant | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 6:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.