Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 15, 2017, 5:47 PM CST for Bosque County, Coryell County, McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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
- Jan 15, 2017, 5:47 PM CST (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2017, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bosque County, TX, Coryell County, TX, McLennan County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 6:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Sw Clifton, TX | REPORT OF DAMAGE TO TURKEY FARMS 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLIFTON. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Jan 15, 6:16 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Clifton, TX | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF CLIFTON ON SH219 AND SH6. |
| Jan 15, 6:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Clifton, TX | DELAYED REPORT - NWS METEOROLOGIST REPORTS SEVERAL ROOFS/MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED IN CLIFTON AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 6 AND PECAN STREET. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 59 days |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
413
WFUS54 KFWD 152347
TORFWD
TXC035-099-309-160015-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0002.170115T2347Z-170116T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
547 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern McLennan County in central Texas...
Northeastern Coryell County in central Texas...
Southeastern Bosque County in central Texas...
* Until 615 PM CST
* At 547 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northeast of Fort Gates, or 8 miles east of
Gatesville, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Crawford around 600 PM CST.
Clifton and Valley Mills around 615 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Oglesby, South Mountain and Gholson.
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 3137 9751 3142 9771 3185 9765 3173 9723
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 196DEG 31KT 3147 9759
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
302 follow-up statements
800
WWUS54 KFWD 160000
SVSFWD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
600 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
TXC099-160009-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170116T0015Z/
Coryell TX-
600 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CORYELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight CST for central
Texas.
LAT...LON 3153 9757 3169 9767 3185 9765 3176 9733
3152 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 185DEG 37KT 3162 9759
$$
TXC035-309-160015-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170116T0015Z/
McLennan TX-Bosque TX-
600 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL MCLENNAN AND SOUTHEASTERN BOSQUE COUNTIES...
At 559 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles west of Valley Mills, or 11 miles south of
Clifton, moving north at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Clifton around 615 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter now! Get to an
interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building and avoid
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 9757 3169 9767 3185 9765 3176 9733
3152 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 185DEG 37KT 3162 9759
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
30892
WWUS54 KFWD 160006
SVSFWD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
606 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
TXC309-160015-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170116T0015Z/
McLennan TX-
606 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MCLENNAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight CST for central
Texas.
LAT...LON 3161 9762 3169 9767 3185 9765 3176 9735
3168 9741 3160 9758
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 193DEG 40KT 3168 9757
$$
TXC035-160015-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170116T0015Z/
Bosque TX-
606 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BOSQUE COUNTY...
At 605 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Valley Mills, or 7 miles south of Clifton, moving
north at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Clifton around 615 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter now! Get to an
interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building and avoid
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3161 9762 3169 9767 3185 9765 3176 9735
3168 9741 3160 9758
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 193DEG 40KT 3168 9757
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 8:49 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell and 35 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 32 min |
| Jan 15, 5:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 23 min |
| Jan 15, 5:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood | 32 min |
| Jan 15, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 33 min |
| Jan 15, 5:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 37 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.