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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 30, 2016Johnson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT for Johnson County, Texas. It was in force for 15 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
Mar 30, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Johnson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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
Mar 30, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2016-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1073 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 2016-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
1073 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

096 
WFUS54 KFWD 302215
TORFWD
TXC251-302230-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0009.160330T2215Z-160330T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
515 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 514 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
  TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED OVER
  GODLEY...OR 11 MILES WEST OF JOSHUA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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. 

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GODLEY AROUND 520 PM CDT. 
  CLEBURNE...KEENE...JOSHUA AND CROSS TIMBER AROUND 530 PM CDT. 

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 3238 9761 3251 9761 3255 9739 3246 9730
      3235 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 262DEG 25KT 3244 9757 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
988 
WWUS54 KFWD 302231
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
531 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

TXC251-302240-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160330T2230Z/
JOHNSON TX-
531 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF JOHNSON COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM.

LAT...LON 3238 9761 3251 9761 3255 9739 3246 9730
      3235 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 262DEG 25KT 3244 9757 

$$

BAIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 10:18 PM CDTWind AdvisoryFWDBell, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis and 16 more4 hr
Mar 30, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens20 min
Mar 30, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson14 min
Mar 30, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens67 min
Mar 30, 2:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt40 min
Mar 30, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt64 min
Mar 30, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens62 min
Mar 30, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise27 min
Mar 30, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung21 min
Mar 30, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise60 min
Mar 30, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker57 min
Mar 30, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto65 min
Mar 30, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath63 min
Mar 30, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland47 min
Mar 30, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant43 min
Mar 30, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant47 min
Mar 30, 4:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDParker3 hr
Mar 30, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton47 min
Mar 30, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Somervell42 min
Mar 30, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton66 min
Mar 30, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant63 min
Mar 30, 5:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche, Hamilton3 hr
Mar 30, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis63 min
Mar 30, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson3 hr
Mar 30, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton61 min
Mar 30, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson65 min
Mar 30, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque41 min
Mar 30, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton2 hr
Mar 30, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hamilton, McLennan51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.