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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 15, 2000Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2000, 10:28 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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: Apr 15, 2000, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Wise County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 15, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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: 466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 160329
SVRFTW
TXC497-160430-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1028 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CHICO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DECATUR...CHICO...BRIDGEPORT AND
  ALVORD

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRIDGEPORT AROUND 1035 PM CDT
  ALVORD AROUND 1040 PM CDT
  DECATUR AROUND 1050 PM CDT

DOPPLER RADAR DETECTKED HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WITH THIS 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AS THIS STORM 
APPROACHES YOU.

LAT...LON 3343 9789 3317 9781 3318 9739 3341 9744

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 Apr 15, 10:16 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 10:16 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
745 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2000

WILL UPDATE AND RAISE POPS FROM THE DFW AREA NORTH AND NORTHEAST.
WILL CALL FOR A FEW STORMS SEVERE...AND EMPHASIS LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.  "TAIL END CHARLIE" (SOUTHERN MOST STORM) HAS
PRODUCED A TRACK OF VERY LARGE HAIL (GOLF BALLS TO SOFT BALLS)
ACROSS YOUNG COUNTY.

.FTW...NONE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-160330-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
740 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2000

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND HAIL.  IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IN URBAN AREAS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF
FLOODING OF ROADS.  THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES IS LOW.

EARLY THIS EVENING...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING
NEAR THE DRY LINE FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS TO ABILENE TO SAN
ANGELO.  THIS LINE WILL REACH A MONTAGUE...EASTLAND LINE BETWEEN
830 AND 10 PM...AND A SHERMAN...FORT WORTH...TEMPLE LINE BETWEEN
1030 PM AND 1 AM.  AREAS FARTHER EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 WILL BE
AFFECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY.

INITIALLY...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL REMAIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
HOWEVER...AS THE STORMS APPROACH INTERSTATE 35...THEY WILL INTENSIFY
ACROSS THE ENTIRE LINE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR
ACTIVATION AS THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.

&&

...FOR OTHER AREAS...
FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER/THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOKS FOR ADJACENT AREAS...SEE
OKCSPSOKC (NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA)...
OKCSPSTUL (EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS)...NEWSPSSHV
(NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS)...SATSPSHOU
(SOUTHEAST TEXAS)...SATSPSSAT (SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS)...AND LBBSPSSJT
(WEST CENTRAL TEXAS).

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
919 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2000

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

0903 PM    OLNEY                     TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   YOUNG                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED QUARTER HAIL
                                          ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
942 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2000

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

0925 PM    NEWCASTLE                 TX   2.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   YOUNG                          BROKE
                                          WINDSHIELD IN
                                          SPOTTERS VEHICLE

0938 PM    3 S NEWCASTLE             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   YOUNG                          GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          COVERED THE GROUND AT
                                          FORT BELKNAP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	54 min
Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	54 min
Apr 15, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	50 min
Apr 15, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	61 min
Apr 15, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	49 min
Apr 15, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	62 min
Apr 15, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	59 min
Apr 15, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	65 min
Apr 15, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	30 min
Apr 16, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	54 min
Apr 16, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	60 min
Apr 16, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	41 min
Apr 16, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	28 min
Apr 16, 1:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Tarrant	31 min
Apr 16, 1:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	117 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.