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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2021, 1:17 PM CDT for Hill County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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 16, 2021, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Hill County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 319 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
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
360
WFUS54 KFWD 161817
TORFWD
TXC217-161845-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0017.210516T1817Z-210516T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
117 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Hill County in central Texas...
* Until 145 PM CDT.
* At 116 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Itasca, or 11 miles north of Hillsboro, moving
northeast at 15 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Hill County.
This includes Interstate 35W between mile markers 6 and 13.
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 3212 9715 3219 9722 3225 9715 3226 9710
3226 9709 3217 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 226DEG 12KT 3217 9715
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
921 follow-up statement
436
WWUS54 KFWD 161846
SVSFWD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
146 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
TXC217-161855-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210516T1845Z/
Hill TX-
146 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HILL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3212 9715 3219 9722 3225 9715 3226 9710
3226 9709 3217 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 226DEG 12KT 3223 9707
$$
92The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 3:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more | 4 days |
| May 16, 8:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 4 days |
| May 16, 9:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Denton | 24 hr |
| May 16, 9:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 59 hr |
| May 16, 12:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 2 hr |
| May 16, 12:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 9 hr |
| May 16, 1:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 5 hr |
| May 16, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 38 min |
| May 16, 2:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 4 days |
| May 16, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas | 18 min |
| May 16, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 32 hr |
| May 16, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 3 days |
| May 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 8 hr |
| May 16, 5:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 3 hr |
| May 16, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 33 min |
| May 16, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson, Montague | 69 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.