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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 613, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 6, 1996Bosque County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 1996, 11:57 PM CST for Bosque County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
Nov 6, 1996, 11:57 PM CST (05:57 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 12:30 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bosque County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 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
Nov 7, 12:20 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52Meridian, 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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 1996-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2359 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.5
Supercell composite
13.3

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The text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 8:22 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
821 PM CST WED NOV 06 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0800 PM    3 N POTTSBORO             TX   FLOODING
11/06/96   GRAYSON                        HIGHWAY 120 CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER

0812 PM    ANTELOPE                  TX   .75 INCH HAIL
11/06/96   JACK
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 11:35 PM CST, 22 minutes before
TXZ115>117-129-070545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1133 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CLEARED STEPHENS...
PALO PINTO AND EASTLAND COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 1111.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED IN THESE COUNTIES.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
NORTH TEXAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THESE COUNTIES THROUGH 4 AM.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 6:50 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson4 hr
Nov 6, 7:50 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
Nov 6, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young60 min
Nov 6, 8:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson27 min
Nov 6, 8:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin49 min
Nov 6, 10:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche66 min
Nov 6, 10:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker3 hr
Nov 6, 10:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Grayson4 hr
Nov 6, 11:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton57 min
Nov 6, 11:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin4 hr
Nov 6, 11:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant4 hr
Nov 7, 12:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell, McLennan55 min
Nov 7, 12:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill55 min
Nov 7, 12:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Limestone, Navarro52 min
Nov 7, 12:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls52 min
Nov 7, 12:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin4 hr
Nov 7, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt47 min
Nov 7, 1:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, Navarro50 min
Nov 7, 1:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Milam, Robertson50 min
Nov 7, 2:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson41 min
Nov 7, 2:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Grayson2 hr

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.