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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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.
| 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 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.
- 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
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
$$
STALLEY2 follow-up statements
502
WWUS54 KFWD 120021
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
721 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
TXC379-467-120030-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160412T0030Z/
VAN ZANDT TX-RAINS TX-
721 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL VAN ZANDT AND SOUTHEASTERN RAINS COUNTIES...
AT 721 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF GOLDEN...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
MINEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL VAN ZANDT AND SOUTHEASTERN RAINS COUNTIES ALONG THE
SOUTH SABINE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3267 9574 3284 9574 3284 9565 3272 9564
3271 9562 3268 9559 3262 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 283DEG 37KT 3272 9565
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
92335
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
$$
92The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 50 min |
| Apr 11, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 40 min |
| Apr 11, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Limestone | 66 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.