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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 18, 2017Eastland County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2017, 8:05 PM CDT for Eastland County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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 18, 2017, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2017, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

County Eastland County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 18, 1:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 16.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

481 
WFUS54 KFWD 190105
TORFWD
TXC133-190130-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0033.170519T0105Z-170519T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
805 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Eastland County in north central Texas...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 804 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Cross Cut, or 22 miles south of Cisco, moving
  northeast at 10 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Rising Star around 830 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to 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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3213 9908 3215 9900 3208 9895 3208 9910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 245DEG 7KT 3206 9907 

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

$$

Stalley

1 follow-up statement

654 
WWUS54 KFWD 190121
SVSFWD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
821 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

TXC133-190130-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-170519T0130Z/
Eastland TX-
821 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 830 PM CDT...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. 

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for north central
Texas.

LAT...LON 3213 9908 3215 9900 3208 9895 3208 9910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 245DEG 7KT 3207 9904 

$$

Stalley

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	50 min
May 18, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	57 min
May 18, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	45 min
May 18, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Comanche	50 min
May 18, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	33 min
May 18, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	6 hr
May 18, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Comanche	36 min
May 18, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	62 min
May 18, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	24 min
May 18, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Comanche	32 min
May 18, 9:27 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	FWD	Denton, Tarrant, Wise	3 hr
May 18, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	65 min
May 18, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	48 min
May 18, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Comanche	32 min
May 18, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	44 min
May 18, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mills	63 min
May 18, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Hamilton	41 min
May 18, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	40 min
May 18, 10:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hamilton, Mills	25 min
May 18, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	49 min
May 18, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Hamilton, Mills	43 min
May 19, 12:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Eastland	3 hr
May 19, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar, Palo Pinto and 3 more	73 min
May 19, 12:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	51 min
May 19, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	44 min
May 19, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	57 min
May 19, 1:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	64 min
May 19, 2:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	34 min
May 19, 6:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	65 min
May 19, 7:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	63 min
May 19, 7:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	53 min
May 19, 8:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	37 min
May 19, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	42 min
May 19, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	63 min
May 19, 1:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Young	3 hr
May 19, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	51 min
May 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	23 min
May 19, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	32 min
May 19, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	56 min
May 19, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Hamilton	50 min
May 19, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton	47 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.