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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2016, 4:19 PM CDT for Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports 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 29, 2016, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Grayson County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | Dorchester, TX | $$ |
| Apr 29, 4:29 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Denison, TX | $$ |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 2369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
The text
As transmitted.
786
WFUS54 KFWD 292119
TORFWD
TXC181-292145-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0023.160429T2119Z-160429T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
419 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 419 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER DORCHESTER...OR
NEAR SHERMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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...
SHERMAN AND KNOLLWOOD AROUND 445 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LUELLA
AND SOUTHMAYD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3344 9661 3351 9681 3381 9671 3370 9641
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 203DEG 15KT 3355 9668
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
92The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell, McLennan | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell, McLennan | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 10:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell, Coryell, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 5 days |
| Apr 29, 9:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 53 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 40 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 51 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Robertson | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hood | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 2:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Delta, Freestone, Henderson, Hopkins, Leon and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Palo Pinto, Parker | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 2:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Somervell | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Johnson | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon, Limestone | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Grayson | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Erath, Hamilton | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Johnson, Somervell | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 6:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.