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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 13, 2018Comanche County, Eastland County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2018, 9:56 AM CDT for Comanche County, Eastland County, Texas. It was in force for 21 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: Oct 13, 2018, 9:56 AM CDT (14:56 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2018, 10:17 AM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Comanche County, TX, Eastland County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 13, 9:54 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

472 
WFUS54 KFWD 131456
TORFWD
TXC093-133-131530-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0013.181013T1456Z-181013T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
956 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2018

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Eastland County in north central Texas...
  Northwestern Comanche County in central Texas...

* Until 1030 AM CDT.
    
* At 955 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles east of Rising Star, or 19 miles south of
  Eastland, moving east 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  De Leon and Gorman. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3226 9855 3207 9842 3207 9854 3205 9890
      3217 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 1455Z 260DEG 32KT 3212 9885 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Hernandez

1 follow-up statement

631 
WWUS54 KFWD 131517
SVSFWD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1017 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2018

TXC093-133-131526-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-181013T1530Z/
Eastland TX-Comanche TX-
1017 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EASTLAND AND NORTHWESTERN
COMANCHE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The rotation associated with the storm that prompted the Tornado
Warning has weakened, and no longer appears capable of producing a
tornado. Therefore the Tornado Warning has been cancelled. However
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for central and
north central Texas.

LAT...LON 3226 9855 3207 9842 3207 9854 3205 9890
      3217 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 260DEG 32KT 3215 9863 

$$

Hernandez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	9 days
Oct 13, 9:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	4 days
Oct 13, 9:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	5 days
Oct 13, 9:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	4 days
Oct 13, 10:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	2 hr
Oct 13, 10:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche, Erath	40 min
Oct 13, 11:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hamilton	45 min
Oct 13, 11:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	17 hr
Oct 13, 11:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	43 min
Oct 13, 11:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Denton	3 hr
Oct 13, 11:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Johnson	50 min
Oct 13, 12:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Rockwall, Tarrant	3 hr
Oct 13, 12:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	29 min
Oct 13, 12:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Johnson	3 hr
Oct 13, 12:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis	46 min
Oct 13, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Navarro	43 min
Oct 13, 12:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hill, Navarro	38 min
Oct 13, 1:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar	3 hr
Oct 13, 1:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Navarro	52 min
Oct 13, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	41 min
Oct 13, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	40 min
Oct 13, 1:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Navarro	28 min
Oct 13, 1:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Navarro	3 hr
Oct 13, 1:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt	3 hr
Oct 13, 2:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	McLennan	52 min
Oct 13, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	48 min
Oct 13, 2:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Denton	3 hr
Oct 13, 2:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Limestone, McLennan	3 hr
Oct 13, 2:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	6 days
Oct 13, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	50 min
Oct 13, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Limestone	51 min
Oct 13, 3:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	29 hr
Oct 13, 3:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	22 hr
Oct 13, 3:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone	41 min
Oct 13, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Anderson	13 min
Oct 13, 3:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	3 hr
Oct 13, 4:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Freestone, Leon	52 min
Oct 13, 4:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	3 hr
Oct 13, 5:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Falls	3 hr
Oct 13, 6:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon, Milam, Robertson	3 hr
Oct 13, 6:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon, Milam, Robertson	3 hr

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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.