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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 9, 2016Lamar County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 8:44 PM CDT for Lamar County, Texas. It was in force for 16 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
May 9, 2016, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.5 in

County Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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
May 9, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1192 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
1192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
10.9

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The text

As transmitted.

433 
WFUS54 KFWD 100144
TORFWD
TXC277-100200-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0034.160510T0144Z-160510T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
844 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 900 PM CDT
    
* AT 843 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER BLOSSOM...OR 12 MILES EAST OF PARIS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  EAST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: 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 3356 9541 3370 9546 3376 9531 3356 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 246DEG 20KT 3364 9534 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

STALLEY
1 follow-up statement
726 
WWUS54 KFWD 100154
SVSFWD

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

TXC277-100203-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160510T0200Z/
LAMAR TX-
854 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
LAMAR COUNTY UNTIL 930PM

LAT...LON 3356 9541 3370 9546 3376 9531 3356 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 246DEG 20KT 3364 9534 

$$

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, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar37 min
May 9, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar64 min
May 9, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar27 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

Nearby

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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.