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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 9, 2016Fannin County, Lamar County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 6:16 PM CDT for Fannin County, Lamar County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
May 9, 2016, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

Counties Fannin County, TX, Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 6:50 PM CDTHAIL 13 N Honey Grove, 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
May 9, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 465 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
465 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
489 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

684 
WFUS54 KFWD 092316
TORFWD
TXC147-277-092345-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0029.160509T2316Z-160509T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
616 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
    
* AT 616 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR HONEY GROVE...OR 17 MILES EAST OF BONHAM...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  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
  NORTHEASTERN FANNIN AND NORTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: TOCO.

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 3356 9593 3377 9597 3388 9566 3360 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 250DEG 23KT 3366 9588 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

DUNN
1 follow-up statement
737 
WWUS54 KFWD 092325
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
625 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

TXC147-092334-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160509T2345Z/
FANNIN TX-
625 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3388 9566 3364 9565 3360 9586 3381 9585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 237DEG 31KT 3370 9581 

$$

TXC277-092345-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160509T2345Z/
LAMAR TX-
625 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTY...
    
AT 624 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HONEY GROVE...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HEN EGG 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
NORTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
SUMNER.

LAT...LON 3388 9566 3364 9565 3360 9586 3381 9585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 237DEG 31KT 3370 9581 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

DUNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland67 min
May 8, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Parker, Wise63 min
May 9, 12:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath29 min
May 9, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson26 min
May 9, 3:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung24 min
May 9, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young58 min
May 9, 4:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDYoung3 hr
May 9, 4:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague48 min
May 9, 5:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Montague52 min
May 9, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Young54 min
May 9, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack37 min
May 9, 7:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJack3 hr
May 9, 8:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise5 days
May 9, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Lamar56 min
May 9, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar54 min
May 9, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar31 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.