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Saturday, May 01, 2004

4:05:57 AM
 Tornado Warning 
Counties: Parker Tarrant
Issued: Saturday 4/5/2003 6:53:00 PM  Expires: Saturday 4/5/2003 7:45:00 PM 
Status WARNING 
Event Warning
Area 657 Sq. Miles 
Storm Motion East At 35 Mph. 
Impacted Population: 349,306 
In Homes: 84.04% 
In Multi-Family Units: 8.25% 
In Mobile Homes: 7.71% 
English Spoken Well: 96.27% 
English Not Spoken: 3.73% 
Urban: 87.39% 
Rural: 12.61% 
Not Living in Texas in 1995: 7.89% 
Housing Units 118,390 
Source: 2000 Census
DESCRIPTION
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
   EASTERN PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
   TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  

* At 649 PM CST... A Severe Thunderstorm With A History Of Producing Tornadoes Was 17 Miles West Of Springtown... Moving East At 35 Mph. The Storm Will Enter Western Sections Of Tarrant County After 715 PM CST.
 
TIMING
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... AZLE...PELICAN BAY AROUND 725 PM CST EAGLE MOUNTAIN AROUND 735 PM CST SAGINAW AROUND 740 PM CST BLUE MOUND AROUND 745 PM CST
 
POPULATION IN WARNING AREA (Up to 15 Top Populations Listed)
City/Location County Persons Gender Housing Families Persons by Age (Years)
      Male Female Units    <10 10-17 18-65 65+
1. Fort Worth  Tarrant  122,628 50.9%  49.1%  38,027  28,649  18% 16% 58% 7%
2. Haltom City  Tarrant  39,018 50.2%  49.8%  14,922  9,998  16% 14% 60% 10%
3. North Richland Hills  Tarrant  37,543 48.8%  51.2%  13,961  10,455  14% 16% 60% 10%
4. County Land  Parker  28,586 50.6%  49.4%  9,895  8,083  15% 17% 60% 8%
5. Keller  Tarrant  24,232 49.8%  50.2%  7,799  6,931  19% 17% 60% 4%
6. Watauga  Tarrant  21,908 49.5%  50.5%  7,145  5,946  18% 17% 60% 5%
7. Saginaw  Tarrant  12,374 49.3%  50.7%  4,229  3,452  17% 17% 60% 6%
8. County Land  Tarrant  10,030 50.5%  49.5%  3,436  2,710  15% 16% 61% 8%
9. Azle  Tarrant  8,037 47.8%  52.2%  3,106  2,270  14% 15% 58% 13%
10. Richland Hills  Tarrant  6,931 46.0%  54.0%  2,655  1,881  13% 13% 53% 21%
11. Eagle Mountain  Tarrant  6,599 50.3%  49.7%  2,596  2,003  11% 15% 64% 10%
12. River Oaks  Tarrant  4,725 48.5%  51.5%  1,779  1,234  16% 15% 55% 14%
13. Lake Worth  Tarrant  4,618 48.0%  52.0%  1,660  1,234  12% 16% 55% 16%
14. Sansom Park  Tarrant  4,181 49.1%  50.9%  1,422  1,052  16% 16% 55% 13%
15. Reno  Parker  2,441 50.1%  49.9%  851  676  16% 16% 59% 9%
 
Total of
30 Locations 
  349,306     118,390 90,356  
Above Warning Information is presented through a cooperative project between the
North Central Texas Council of Governments and the National Weather Service Fort Worth Office
 
WARNING TEXT
0 WFUS54 KFWD 060052 
TORFTW 
TXC367-439-060145- 
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 
653 PM CST SAT APR 5 2003 
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A 
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... 
EASTERN PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS 
TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS 
 
* UNTIL 745 PM CST 
 
* AT 649 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
TORNADOES WAS 17 MILES WEST OF SPRINGTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. 
THE STORM WILL ENTER WESTERN SECTIONS OF TARRANT COUNTY AFTER 
715 PM CST. 
 
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 
AZLE...PELICAN BAY AROUND 725 PM CST 
EAGLE MOUNTAIN AROUND 735 PM CST 
SAGINAW AROUND 740 PM CST 
BLUE MOUND AROUND 745 PM CST 
 
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HALTOM CITY...HASLET... 
KELLER...LAKE WORTH...LAKESIDE...NORTH RICHLAND HILLS...PECAN ACRES 
AND RENO 
 
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. IN ADDITION TO 
TORNADOES...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF SOFTBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 80 
MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 
 
DO NOT LEAVE SHELTER TO USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE 
EASILY TOSSED AND CRUSHED BY TORNADO WINDS. 
 
LAT...LON 3298 9805 3279 9805 3277 9722 3297 9720 
 
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