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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2021, 2:08 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 18 min. 2 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
- May 16, 2021, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2021, 2:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Dallas County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nne University Park, TX | 5/16 NORTHHAVEN TORNADO - THE SAME SUPERCELL THAT PRODUCED A TORNADO IN UNIVERSITY PARK PRODUCED ANOTHER TORNADO JUST NORTH OF ROYAL LN AND EAST OF ST MICHAELS DRIVE. THE FIRST SIGNS OF DAMAGE APPEARED ON LAVENDALE CIRCLE WITH A FEW UPROOTED SMALL TREES AND DO |
| May 16, 2:11 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne University Park, TX | DAMAGE TO HOME IN N. DALLAS. LOCATION IS ON NORTHAVEN ROAD, RIGHT IN FRONT OF NORTH HAVEN GARDENS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 284 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.
416
WFUS54 KFWD 161908
TORFWD
TXC113-161945-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0019.210516T1908Z-210516T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
208 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Dallas County in north central Texas...
* Until 245 PM CDT.
* At 208 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near University Park, moving northeast at 30 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...
Garland around 225 PM CDT.
Richardson around 230 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Buckingham.
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 3298 9664 3285 9677 3289 9682 3299 9680
3299 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 208DEG 25KT 3289 9677
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
921 follow-up statement
275
WWUS54 KFWD 161926
SVSFWD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
226 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
TXC113-161935-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210516T1945Z/
Dallas TX-
226 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The rotation associated with the storm that prompted the Tornado
Warning has weakened, and no longer appears capable of producing a
tornado. Therefore the Tornado Warning has been cancelled. However
heavy rain is still possible with this thunderstorm and a flash
flood warning is in effect for much of western Dallas county though
430 pm.
LAT...LON 3298 9664 3285 9677 3289 9682 3299 9680
3299 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 208DEG 25KT 3300 9670
$$
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, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 28 min |
| 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, 2:40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.