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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 26, 2016Fannin County, Grayson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 10:18 PM CDT for Fannin County, Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 11 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 26, 2016, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 10:29 PM CDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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 26, 2:32 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

343 
WFUS54 KFWD 270318
TORFWD
TXC147-181-270345-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0022.160427T0318Z-160427T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1018 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1017 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLS...OR 10
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MULBERRY AROUND 1025 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 3350 9634 3366 9653 3378 9642 3369 9634
      3370 9632 3377 9629 3375 9623 3376 9619
      3381 9616 3381 9618 3382 9615 3384 9615
      3384 9605 3386 9603 3384 9602 3385 9600
      3387 9600 3385 9598 3388 9593
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 221DEG 47KT 3366 9639 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DUNN
1 follow-up statement
389 
WWUS54 KFWD 270329
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1029 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

TXC147-181-270338-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0345Z/
GRAYSON TX-FANNIN TX-
1029 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GRAYSON AND NORTHWESTERN
FANNIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3350 9634 3366 9653 3378 9642 3369 9634
      3370 9632 3377 9629 3375 9623 3376 9619
      3381 9616 3381 9618 3382 9615 3384 9615
      3384 9605 3386 9603 3384 9602 3385 9600
      3387 9600 3385 9598 3388 9593
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 221DEG 47KT 3378 9627 

$$

DUNN

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, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke44 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, 10:51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.