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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2016, 3:59 PM CDT for Jack County, Montague County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 11, 2016, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted.
983
WFUS54 KFWD 112059
TORFWD
TXC237-337-497-112145-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0010.160411T2059Z-160411T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
359 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN JACK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 359 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NEWPORT...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWIE...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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...
BOWIE AROUND 425 PM CDT.
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 3354 9781 3331 9785 3340 9810 3347 9809
3347 9798 3357 9798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 276DEG 14KT 3348 9800
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
052 follow-up statements
759
WWUS54 KFWD 112113
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
413 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
TXC237-337-497-112145-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160411T2145Z/
WISE TX-MONTAGUE TX-JACK TX-
413 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WISE...SOUTHWESTERN MONTAGUE AND NORTHEASTERN JACK
COUNTIES...
AT 412 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF SUNSET...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
BOWIE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN WISE...SOUTHWESTERN MONTAGUE AND NORTHEASTERN JACK
COUNTIES. THE COMMUNITIES OF PARK SPRINGS AND CRAFTON ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3331 9785 3340 9810 3347 9809 3347 9798
3353 9798 3352 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 292DEG 30KT 3344 9787
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
92015
WWUS54 KFWD 112143
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
443 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
TXC237-337-497-112153-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160411T2145Z/
WISE TX-MONTAGUE TX-JACK TX-
443 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WISE...SOUTHWESTERN MONTAGUE
AND NORTHEASTERN JACK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3331 9785 3340 9810 3347 9809 3347 9798
3353 9798 3352 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 276DEG 14KT 3344 9787
$$
92The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 26 min |
| Apr 11, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague, Wise | 55 min |
| Apr 11, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt | 22 min |
| Apr 11, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt | 58 min |
| Apr 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 20 min |
| Apr 11, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague, Wise | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Hunt, Rains | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 52 min |
| Apr 11, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 49 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.