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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 11, 2016Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT for Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Rains County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 11, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 124 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-262 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1316 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

780 
WFUS54 KFWD 120006
TORFWD
TXC379-467-120030-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0013.160412T0006Z-160412T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
706 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN RAINS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
    
* AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR FRUITVALE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF WILLS POINT...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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAND SALINE AROUND 710 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 3267 9585 3285 9583 3284 9565 3272 9564
      3271 9562 3268 9559 3257 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 285DEG 49KT 3275 9576 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

STALLEY
2 follow-up statements
502 
WWUS54 KFWD 120021
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
721 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016

TXC379-467-120030-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160412T0030Z/
VAN ZANDT TX-RAINS TX-
721 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL VAN ZANDT AND SOUTHEASTERN RAINS COUNTIES...
    
AT 721 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF GOLDEN...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
MINEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 45 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
NORTH CENTRAL VAN ZANDT AND SOUTHEASTERN RAINS COUNTIES ALONG THE
SOUTH SABINE RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE 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 3267 9574 3284 9574 3284 9565 3272 9564
      3271 9562 3268 9559 3262 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 283DEG 37KT 3272 9565 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

92
335 
WWUS54 KFWD 120029
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
729 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016

TXC379-467-120039-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160412T0030Z/
VAN ZANDT TX-RAINS TX-
729 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL VAN ZANDT AND SOUTHEASTERN
RAINS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3267 9574 3284 9574 3284 9565 3272 9564
      3271 9562 3268 9559 3262 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 285DEG 49KT 3272 9565 

$$

92

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt50 min
Apr 11, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt40 min
Apr 11, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson64 min
Apr 11, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson, Freestone, Limestone66 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.