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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 24, 2021Bosque County, Hill County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2021, 7:55 PM CDT for Bosque County, Hill County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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: Mar 24, 2021, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Bosque County, TX, Hill County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 24, 7:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	2 S Meridian, TX	TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

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
Mar 24, 4:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 355 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

214 
WFUS54 KFWD 250055
TORFWD
TXC035-217-250145-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0004.210325T0055Z-210325T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
755 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Bosque County in central Texas...
  West central Hill County in central Texas...

* Until 845 PM CDT.
    
* At 754 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Meridian, or 9 miles northwest of Clifton, moving
  northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Bosque and west central Hill Counties, including the
  following locations... Morgan.

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 3190 9778 3215 9755 3213 9751 3216 9751
      3216 9750 3200 9729 3182 9767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 225DEG 22KT 3190 9767 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Barnes

2 follow-up statements

368 
WWUS54 KFWD 250112
SVSFWD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
812 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

TXC035-217-250145-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210325T0145Z/
Bosque TX-Hill TX-
812 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BOSQUE AND WEST CENTRAL HILL COUNTIES...
    
At 811 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Meridian, or 11 miles north of Clifton, moving
northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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.

Locations impacted include...
Meridian.

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 3188 9758 3194 9768 3212 9745 3200 9729
      3197 9734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 233DEG 21KT 3195 9756 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Barnes

527 
WWUS54 KFWD 250126
SVSFWD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
826 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

TXC035-217-250145-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210325T0145Z/
Bosque TX-Hill TX-
826 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BOSQUE AND WEST CENTRAL HILL COUNTIES...
    
At 826 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northwest of Lake Whitney State Park, or 16 miles
northeast of Clifton, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Bosque and west central Hill Counties.

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 3192 9749 3198 9755 3210 9742 3200 9729
      3197 9734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 237DEG 22KT 3199 9746 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

Barnes

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton	52 min
Mar 24, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	40 min
Mar 24, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	57 min
Mar 24, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	58 min
Mar 24, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	40 min
Mar 24, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Johnson	66 min
Mar 24, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise	65 min
Mar 24, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	36 hr
Mar 24, 8:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	37 hr
Mar 24, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Wise	42 min
Mar 24, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	51 min
Mar 24, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	61 min
Mar 24, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Denton	32 min
Mar 24, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	65 min
Mar 24, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton, Grayson	52 min
Mar 24, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman	59 min
Mar 24, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	39 min
Mar 24, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Van Zandt	61 min
Mar 24, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	53 min
Mar 25, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	48 min
Mar 25, 12:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Hill	3 hr
Mar 25, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rains	48 min
Mar 25, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta	39 min
Mar 25, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	31 min
Mar 25, 3:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	28 min
Mar 25, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	48 min
Mar 25, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	31 min
Mar 25, 5:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	38 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.