Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2000, 3:22 AM CST for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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
- Mar 29, 2000, 3:22 AM CST (09:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2000, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bell County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:33 AM CST | Hail 1 | Killeen, TX | |
| Mar 29, 3:33 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 69 E | Killeen, TX | |
| Mar 29, 3:35 AM CST | Hail 0.88 | Killeen, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
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.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 28, 9:43 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 9:43 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 940 PM CST TUE MAR 29 2000 FIRST ROUND HAVE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED THROUGH ALL BUT THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. THE DRY LINE REMAINS WEST OF THE AREA WITH DECENT MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG IT. EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM IN THE WEST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM SHORT WAVE NEARS THE AREA. WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL ZONES OVERNIGHT AND MENTION SEVERE POTENTIAL. MAIN THREAT WITH THESES STORMS APPEARS TO BE FROM HAIL AND WIND. WILL ALSO EXPAND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT TO INCLUDE THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...MAINLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. .FTW...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NORTH OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND...TO GRANBURY TO HILLSBORO...TO PALESTINE. ...79...
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 28, 10:43 PM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1043 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0550 PM HAMILTON TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 HAMILTON QUARTER SIZE HAIL
0515 PM GRAFORD TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 PALOPINTO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0735 PM KOPPERL TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 BOSQUE GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED
BY SHERIFF.
0750 PM 2 NE RED OAK TX TORNADO
03/28/00 ELLIS TORNADO REPORTED ON
ELLIS DALLAS COUNTY
LINE NORTHEAST OF RED
OAK.
0750 PM WILMER TX TORNADO
03/28/00 DALLAS TORNADO REPORTED BY
RACES SPOTTER.
0755 PM SALADO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 BELL DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0830 PM TRINIDAD TX TORNADO
03/28/00 HENDERSON GOLFBALL HAIL AND
POSSIBLE TORNADO
REPORTED NEAR
TRINIDAD.
0833 PM TRINIDAD TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 HENDERSON SHERIFF REPORTED
GOLFBALL HAIL.
0844 PM 12 SE MALAKOFF TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 HENDERSON SPOTTER REPORTED
GOLFBALL HAIL
0855 PM QUINLAN TX WIND DAMAGE
03/28/00 HUNT LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
IN QUINLAN. REPORTED BY
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
0900 PM EAST TAWAKONI TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 RAINS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 65
MILE PER HOUR WINDS
BROKE SEVERAL WINDOWS.
0910 PM ATHENS TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 HENDERSON GOLFBALL HAIL COVERING
GROUND SOUTHEAST OF
ATHENS.
0940 PM POYNOR TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 HENDERSON GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED
ON HENDERSON/ANDERSON
COUNTY LINE BY COOP
OBSERVER.
JORDANLocal storm report, Mar 29, 1:03 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1043 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0550 PM HAMILTON TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 HAMILTON QUARTER SIZE HAIL
0515 PM GRAFORD TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 PALO_PINTO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0735 PM KOPPERL TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 BOSQUE GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED
BY SHERIFF.
0750 PM 2 NE RED OAK TX TORNADO
03/28/00 ELLIS TORNADO REPORTED ON
ELLIS DALLAS COUNTY
LINE NORTHEAST OF RED
OAK.
0750 PM WILMER TX TORNADO
03/28/00 DALLAS TORNADO REPORTED BY
RACES SPOTTER.
0755 PM SALADO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 BELL DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0830 PM TRINIDAD TX TORNADO
03/28/00 HENDERSON GOLFBALL HAIL AND
POSSIBLE TORNADO
REPORTED NEAR
TRINIDAD.
0833 PM TRINIDAD TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 HENDERSON SHERIFF REPORTED
GOLFBALL HAIL.
0844 PM 12 SE MALAKOFF TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 HENDERSON SPOTTER REPORTED
GOLFBALL HAIL
0855 PM QUINLAN TX WIND DAMAGE
03/28/00 HUNT LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
IN QUINLAN. REPORTED BY
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
0900 PM EAST TAWAKONI TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 RAINS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 65
MILE PER HOUR WINDS
BROKE SEVERAL WINDOWS.
0910 PM ATHENS TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 HENDERSON GOLFBALL HAIL COVERING
GROUND SOUTHEAST OF
ATHENS.
0940 PM POYNOR TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00 HENDERSON GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED
ON HENDERSON/ANDERSON
COUNTY LINE BY COOP
OBSERVER.
JORDAN
1235 AM SULPHUR SPRINGS TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/29/00 HOPKINS HOPKINS COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CENTER REPORTED
I GOLFBALL HAILLocal storm report, Mar 29, 1:07 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
107 AM CST WED MAR 29 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
1235 AM SULPHUR SPRINGS TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/29/00 HOPKINS GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED
BY HOPKINS COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CENTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 6:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 67 min |
| Mar 28, 7:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 7:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 7:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 7:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Navarro | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 8:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 8:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rains | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 11:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.