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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 25, 2000Ellis County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2000, 8:14 PM CST for Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued: Mar 25, 2000, 8:14 PM CST (02:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 2000, 9:15 PM CST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ellis County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 887 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 260219
SVRFTW
TXC139-260315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
814 PM CST SAT MAR 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CST

* AT 814 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF MAYPEARL...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MAYPEARL AND ITALY.

* GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS 
  STORM.

LAT...LON 3240 9709 3224 9706 3215 9699 3208 9693
          3217 9674 3228 9654 3255 9654 3255 9709

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.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 25, 3:25 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 3:25 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
325 PM CST SAT MAR 25 2000

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG AN EAST-WEST BOUNDARY
BETWEEN THE FORT WORTH AND SNYDER. THESE STORMS SHOULD SLIDE EAST
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.  COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY...SOUTHEAST OF A MCALESTER
...TO ARDMORE...WICHITA FALLS LINE...WILL MOVE ONLY SLIGHTLY FARTHER
SOUTH BEFORE BECOMING STATIONARY.  SURFACE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO
PUSH EAST INTO NORTH TEXAS TOMORROW...TEMPORARILY ENDING THE RAIN
CHANCES AS DRIER...SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR FILTERS IN.

IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST...MAY SEE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TUESDAY AS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS TnHE REGION. #58

DFW 63/83/57/80 6311   ACT 65/85/57/82 4311

.FTW...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 25, 5:25 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...LATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
512 PM CST FRI MAR 17 2000

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

0413 PM    3 NW GUNSIGHT             TX   0.75 INCH HAIL 03/25/00
STEPHENS

0445 PM    TIN TOP                   TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/00   PARKER

0456 PM    GRAHAM                    TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/00   YOUNG                          REPORTED BY STATE
                                          TROOPER

0505 PM    TIN TOP                   TX   2.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/00   PARKER                         REPORTED BY HAM

0510 PM    GRAFORD                   TX   1.50 INCH HAIL
03/25/00   PALO_PINTO                     REPORTED BY HAM

Local storm report, Mar 25, 5:26 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
526 PM CST SAT MAR 25 2000

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

0413 PM    3 NW GUNSIGHT             TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/25/00   STEPHENS

0445 PM    TIN TOP                   TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/00   PARKER

0456 PM    GRAHAM                    TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/00   YOUNG                          REPORTED BY STATE
                                          TROOPER

0505 PM    TIN TOP                   TX   2.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/00   PARKER                         REPORTED BY HAM

0510 PM    GRAFORD                   TX   1.50 INCH HAIL
03/25/00   PALO_PINTO                     REPORTED BY HAM

Local storm report, Mar 25, 6:08 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
608 PM CST SAT MAR 25 2000

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

0B533 PM    ACTON                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   HOOD                           REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC

Local storm report, Mar 25, 7:40 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
740 PM CST SAT MAR 25 2000

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

0610 PM    GORDON                    TX   1.50 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   PALO_PINTO                     REPORTED BY SPOTTER

0647 PM    GRANBURY                  TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   HOOD                           REPORTED BY HAM SPOTTER

0737 PM    3 SE BURLESON             TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY HAM SPOTTER

0740 PM    CLEBURNE                  TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   JOHNSON                        REPORTEDe BY HAM SPOTTER

0743 PM    CLEBURNE                  TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
03/26/00   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY HAM SPOTTER

Special weather statement, Mar 25, 8:02 PM CST, 12 minutes before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-260800-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
802 PM CST SAT MAR 25 2000

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS...THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE
PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ALTHOUGH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
ACROSS WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT...AND WILL FURTHER ENHANCE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. VERTICAL WIND...TEMPERATURE...AND MOISTURE
PROFILES SUGGEST THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 6:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood	58 min
Mar 25, 6:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	63 min
Mar 25, 7:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	55 min
Mar 25, 7:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	53 min
Mar 25, 7:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	48 min
Mar 25, 8:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hood	3 hr
Mar 25, 8:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood	65 min
Mar 25, 8:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Somervell	45 min
Mar 25, 8:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	47 min
Mar 25, 9:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	55 min
Mar 25, 9:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	64 min
Mar 25, 9:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	62 min
Mar 25, 10:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	66 min
Mar 25, 10:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	45 min
Mar 25, 10:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	56 min
Mar 25, 11:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	56 min
Mar 26, 12:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	43 min
Mar 26, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	67 min
Mar 26, 1:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	65 min
Mar 26, 2:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	60 min
Mar 26, 2:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Johnson	61 min
Mar 26, 2:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood	53 min
Mar 26, 2:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Somervell	49 min
Mar 26, 3:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Navarro	60 min
Mar 26, 3:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	46 min
Mar 26, 3:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon	48 min
Mar 26, 5:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	47 min

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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.