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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 9, 2016Lamar County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 8:08 PM CDT for Lamar County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

County Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 201 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 8:52 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Paris, TXSOUTH PARIS AT LOOP 286

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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2016-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

100 
WFUS54 KFWD 100108
TORFWD
TXC277-100145-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0032.160510T0108Z-160510T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
    
* AT 808 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER PARIS...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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOSSOM AROUND 825 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SUN
VALLEY.

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 3351 9558 3369 9564 3384 9531 3358 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 247DEG 21KT 3365 9550 

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

$$

STALLEY
1 follow-up statement
017 
WWUS54 KFWD 100135
SVSFWD

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

TXC277-100145-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160510T0145Z/
LAMAR TX-
835 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY...
    
AT 835 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOSSOM...OR 13 MILES EAST OF PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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
EAST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: SUN
VALLEY.

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 3353 9550 3371 9559 3384 9531 3358 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 247DEG 21KT 3371 9533 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

STALLEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLamar2 hr
May 9, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar62 min
May 9, 7:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar2 hr
May 9, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar64 min
May 9, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar27 min
May 9, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar16 min
May 9, 9:36 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDLamar3 hr
May 10, 12:28 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDLamar3 hr
May 10, 7:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton12 hr
May 10, 8:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas7 days
May 10, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Mills65 min
May 10, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton, Mills53 min
May 10, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath60 min
May 10, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMills3 hr
May 10, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton, Mills65 min
May 10, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto57 min
May 10, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker54 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas63 min
May 10, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hamilton53 min
May 10, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant67 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.