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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 26, 2016Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 8:46 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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 26, 2016, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

County Cooke County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 8:50 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Myra, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 2:32 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2016-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2622 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2622 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
11.0

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The text

As transmitted.

659 
WFUS54 KFWD 270146
TORFWD
TXC097-270230-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0019.160427T0146Z-160427T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
846 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
    
* AT 845 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINDSAY...OR 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LINDSAY AROUND 905 PM CDT. 
  GAINESVILLE AROUND 915 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE VALLEY
VIEW.

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 3389 9718 3384 9717 3383 9720 3380 9721
      3376 9719 3372 9714 3373 9709 3380 9710
      3382 9705 3384 9709 3385 9709 3386 9706
      3384 9705 3385 9702 3382 9694 3370 9694
      3351 9721 3351 9742 3391 9720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 213DEG 22KT 3354 9731 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

DUNN
3 follow-up statements
228 
WWUS54 KFWD 270157 RRA
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
857 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

TXC097-270230-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160427T0230Z/
COOKE TX-
857 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
COOKE COUNTY...
    
AT 856 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LINDSAY...OR 7 MILES WEST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.  THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 82
BETWEEN LINDSAY AND MUENSTER.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LINDSAY AROUND 900 PM CDT.



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 3389 9718 3384 9717 3383 9720 3380 9721
      3376 9719 3372 9714 3373 9709 3380 9710
      3382 9705 3384 9709 3385 9709 3386 9706
      3384 9705 3385 9702 3382 9694 3370 9694
      3351 9721 3351 9742 3391 9720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 202DEG 24KT 3362 9728 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

92
537 
WWUS54 KFWD 270212
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
912 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

TXC097-270230-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160427T0230Z/
COOKE TX-
912 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COOKE COUNTY...
    
AT 911 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE KIOWA...OR A COUPLE OF MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GAINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CALLISBURG AROUND 925 PM CDT. 

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 3373 9709 3380 9710 3382 9705 3384 9709
      3385 9709 3386 9706 3384 9705 3385 9702
      3382 9694 3370 9694 3355 9715 3364 9717
      3371 9714 3372 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 207DEG 28KT 3360 9708 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

92
722 
WWUS54 KFWD 270230
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
930 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

TXC097-270239-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160427T0230Z/
COOKE TX-
930 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COOKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3373 9709 3380 9710 3382 9705 3384 9709
      3385 9709 3386 9706 3384 9705 3385 9702
      3382 9694 3370 9694 3355 9715 3364 9717
      3371 9714 3372 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 213DEG 22KT 3360 9708 

$$

92

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung60 min
Apr 26, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise34 min
Apr 26, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens58 min
Apr 26, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack63 min
Apr 26, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens60 min
Apr 26, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland42 min
Apr 26, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague56 min
Apr 26, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke62 min
Apr 26, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise59 min
Apr 26, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath50 min
Apr 26, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant58 min
Apr 26, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson57 min
Apr 26, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson32 min
Apr 26, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson18 min
Apr 26, 10:18 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDFannin, Grayson11 min
Apr 26, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas, Mills54 min
Apr 26, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton, Lampasas60 min
Apr 27, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas27 min
Apr 27, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt55 min
Apr 27, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Lampasas64 min
Apr 27, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Rains, Van Zandt47 min
Apr 27, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell76 min
Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson, Leon54 min
Apr 27, 2:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell3 hr
Apr 27, 2:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin24 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.