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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 19, 2025Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2025, 11:02 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 16 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
Apr 19, 2025, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2025, 11:18 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1192 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.4
Supercell composite
17.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

324 
WFUS54 KFWD 200402
TORFWD
TXC497-200430-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0021.250420T0402Z-250420T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1102 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Wise County in north central Texas...

* Until 1130 PM CDT.

* At 1102 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Paradise, or near Bridgeport, moving north
  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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Paradise, Bridgeport, and Decatur around 1105 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Greenwood and Cottondale.

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 3343 9740 3306 9762 3309 9779 3343 9771
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 198DEG 32KT 3315 9768 

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

$$

Hernandez
1 follow-up statement
502 
WWUS54 KFWD 200418
SVSFWD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1118 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

TXC497-200427-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250420T0430Z/
Wise TX-
1118 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WISE 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
small hail and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for north
central Texas.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
northern Parker County.

&&

LAT...LON 3343 9740 3306 9762 3309 9779 3343 9771
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 198DEG 32KT 3328 9763 

$$

Hernandez

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke, Montague49 min
Apr 19, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack, Montague8 hr
Apr 19, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke, Montague37 min
Apr 19, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell24 min
Apr 19, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFWDMontague65 min
Apr 19, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath, Hood45 min
Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker40 min
Apr 19, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFWDCooke, Montague54 min
Apr 19, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHood, Parker48 min
Apr 19, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFWDCooke, Grayson62 min
Apr 19, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack, Parker, Wise12 min
Apr 19, 10:01 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto, Parker44 min
Apr 19, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker, Wise47 min
Apr 19, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens25 min
Apr 19, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker38 min
Apr 19, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young46 min
Apr 19, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson44 min
Apr 19, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Montague, Wise50 min
Apr 19, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker, Wise17 min
Apr 19, 11:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson, Montague3 hr
Apr 19, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFWDComanche, Eastland57 min
Apr 20, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto26 min
Apr 20, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland46 min
Apr 20, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens34 min
Apr 20, 2:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood, Palo Pinto, Parker23 min
Apr 20, 3:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Young4 hr
Apr 20, 3:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Montague, Wise4 hr
Apr 20, 2:13 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDMontague6 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.