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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 20, 2016Palo Pinto County, Parker County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2016, 12:52 AM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Parker County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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 20, 2016, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2016, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 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.

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 19, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

238 
WFUS54 KFWD 200552
TORFWD
TXC363-367-200615-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0017.160420T0552Z-160420T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1252 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  EAST CENTRAL PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
    
* AT 1251 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK...OR NEAR MINERAL
  WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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 PARKER AND EAST CENTRAL PALO PINTO COUNTIES.

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 3279 9811 3287 9815 3299 9794 3284 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 0551Z 229DEG 23KT 3286 9806 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

JLDUNN

2 follow-up statements

409 
WWUS54 KFWD 200603
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
103 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016

TXC363-200613-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160420T0615Z/
PALO PINTO TX-
103 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PALO PINTO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED
BUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3299 9794 3284 9788 3281 9800 3292 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0603Z 236DEG 20KT 3288 9800 

$$

TXC367-200615-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160420T0615Z/
PARKER TX-
103 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PARKER COUNTY...
    
AT 103 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK...OR NEAR MINERAL WELLS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

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...
MINERAL WELLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3299 9794 3284 9788 3281 9800 3292 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0603Z 236DEG 20KT 3288 9800 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JLDUNN

314 
WWUS54 KFWD 200610
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
110 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016

TXC367-200619-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160420T0615Z/
PARKER TX-
110 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PARKER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
115 AM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
PARKER COUNTY FOR DAMAGING WINDS.

LAT...LON 3299 9794 3284 9788 3281 9800 3292 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 229DEG 23KT 3288 9800 

$$

JLDUNN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 8:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	51 hr
Apr 19, 8:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	48 hr
Apr 19, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	67 min
Apr 19, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague, Wise	50 min
Apr 19, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague, Wise	46 min
Apr 19, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	37 min
Apr 19, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	67 min
Apr 19, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke	49 min
Apr 19, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	32 min
Apr 19, 11:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Montague	3 hr
Apr 20, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	42 min
Apr 20, 12:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	3 hr
Apr 20, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	40 min
Apr 20, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	57 min
Apr 20, 12:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	4 hr
Apr 20, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	61 min
Apr 20, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Denton, Grayson, Wise	3 hr
Apr 20, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Denton, Grayson, Wise	3 hr
Apr 20, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	47 min
Apr 20, 1:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	3 hr
Apr 20, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	44 min
Apr 20, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche	30 min
Apr 20, 2:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Erath, Hood, Johnson, Somervell	3 hr
Apr 20, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	63 min
Apr 20, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	60 min
Apr 20, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	54 min
Apr 20, 2:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	3 hr
Apr 20, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman, Navarro	55 min
Apr 20, 4:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Henderson, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, Rains, Rockwall and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 20, 4:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Hill, Lampasas, McLennan and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 20, 4:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	3 hr
Apr 20, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	63 min
Apr 20, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	59 min
Apr 20, 4:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	24 hr
Apr 20, 5:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Falls, Limestone	3 hr
Apr 20, 6:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	38 hr
Apr 20, 6:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	52 hr
Apr 20, 6:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	27 hr
Apr 20, 7:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	29 hr
Apr 20, 7:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Parker	60 hr
Apr 20, 7:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	40 hr
Apr 20, 9:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche	4 days
Apr 20, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Stephens	22 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.