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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 15, 1997Coryell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1997, 7:48 PM CDT for Coryell County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1997, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1997, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Coryell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 1997-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 384 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 1997-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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

Special weather statement, May 15, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-160500-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TO CROCKETT LINE.

A LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS LOCATED ALONG A SHREVEPORT TO
WAXAHACHIE TO COMANCHE LINE. THIS...ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING MAY
TRIGGER ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST OR SOUTHEAST.

AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALONG A CHILDRESS TO LUBBOCK LINE MAY ALSO
SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  THESE STORMS
MAY MOVE INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A WEAK VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SUGGESTS THAT THE MAIN THREAT SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND TO
TYLER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND POSSIBLY NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE
TO COMANCHE LINE AFTER SUNSET. IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR
EVENING.

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Special weather statement, May 15, 3:48 PM CDT, 4 hours before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-160500-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TO CROCKETT LINE.

A LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS LOCATED ALONG A SHREVEPORT TO
WAXAHACHIE TO COMANCHE LINE. THIS...ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING MAY
TRIGGER ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST OR SOUTHEAST.

AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALONG A CHILDRESS TO LUBBOCK LINE MAY ALSO
SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  THESE STORMS
MAY MOVE INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A WEAK VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SUGGESTS THAT THE MAIN THREAT SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MNAY BE REQUIRED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND TO
TYLER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND POSSIBLY NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE
TO COMANCHE LINE AFTER SUNSET. IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR
EVENING.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton3 hr
May 15, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.