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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 577, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 21, 1996Parker County, Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 21, 1996, 11:37 AM CDT for Parker County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 1996, 11:37 AM CDT (16:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 1996, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Parker County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 21, 12:20 PM CDTHail 2.75Weatherford, TX
Oct 21, 12:20 PM CDTHail 1Boyd, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 12:00Z on 1996-10-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2851 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 12:00Z on 1996-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 21, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche30 min
Oct 21, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath50 min
Oct 21, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker69 min
Oct 21, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell69 min
Oct 21, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant68 min
Oct 21, 8:12 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHood33 min
Oct 21, 8:20 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson25 min
Oct 21, 8:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens69 min
Oct 21, 8:51 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant39 min
Oct 21, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis49 min
Oct 21, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto43 min
Oct 21, 9:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker64 min
Oct 21, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Rockwall44 min
Oct 21, 10:09 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas, Rockwall36 min
Oct 21, 10:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman28 min
Oct 21, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland55 min
Oct 21, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant55 min
Oct 21, 10:27 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHunt63 min
Oct 21, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto66 min
Oct 21, 10:56 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland, Erath34 min
Oct 21, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas61 min
Oct 21, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant36 min
Oct 21, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood68 min
Oct 21, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin49 min
Oct 21, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas62 min
Oct 21, 12:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas115 min
Oct 21, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant65 min
Oct 21, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas60 min
Oct 21, 1:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant2 hr
Oct 21, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche66 min
Oct 21, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall47 min
Oct 21, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hamilton55 min
Oct 21, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas35 min
Oct 21, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman54 min
Oct 21, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque58 min
Oct 21, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt65 min
Oct 21, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins65 min
Oct 21, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton60 min
Oct 21, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant60 min
Oct 21, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton32 min
Oct 21, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque49 min
Oct 21, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas61 min
Oct 21, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill44 min
Oct 21, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton62 min
Oct 21, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Hill61 min
Oct 21, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque59 min
Oct 21, 4:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
Oct 21, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro46 min
Oct 21, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman61 min
Oct 21, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill61 min
Oct 21, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson61 min
Oct 21, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt60 min
Oct 21, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro60 min
Oct 21, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas65 min
Oct 21, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson65 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.